Serious workplace stress is soaring, but you can help clip its wings. Workplace stress is more common than you may think. A vast majority (80%) of workers feel job-related stress, according to the American Institute of Stress (AIS). Nearly half say they need help learning to manage stress; and 42% say their coworkers need help. … [Read more...] about Send Workplace Stress Packing
Culture & Leadership
These Risks May Be Hurting Employee Health, Productivity
Are you really doing everything you can to keep your employees healthy? There are common elements of the workplace environment that actually may be making employees sick. Consider the top five workplace threats to health and what you can do about them. … [Read more...] about These Risks May Be Hurting Employee Health, Productivity
Study: Embrace Training Diversity to Get Ahead of the Pack
New data shows that companies with adaptive cultures and gender diversity outperform their more homogenous counterparts. According to a recent study, diverse companies gain broader perspectives and can more effectively predict future challenges; and they are better equipped to devise proactive, cutting-edge solutions and innovations. … [Read more...] about Study: Embrace Training Diversity to Get Ahead of the Pack
Tap into Employees’ Health Goals for Tip-Top Teams
Invest in risk assessment, education, and planning for a healthy, productive workforce. A common New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, exercise, and live healthier. You can help employees feel better, live better, and work better in 2019 with a few simple steps. … [Read more...] about Tap into Employees’ Health Goals for Tip-Top Teams
Feedback Culture Opens Doors to Innovation
Creating, maintaining a culture of feedback is key to ensuring a healthy, productive workplace. You can take the lead. What do most successful organizations that attract and keep good people have in common? Many experts agree that they share a culture of feedback where employees are encouraged to share ideas, talk honestly about what works and what doesn’t, and take an active role in change and innovation. … [Read more...] about Feedback Culture Opens Doors to Innovation
On the Front Lines: Employers Combat Opioid Crisis
The growing opioid crisis in this country is hitting employers hard, and they are prioritizing education and preventive measures. About two-thirds of human resources professionals say their companies are affected by the national opioid crisis or expect to be in the near future, according to a survey by The Hartford Financial Services Group. … [Read more...] about On the Front Lines: Employers Combat Opioid Crisis
Boss Troubles? Go from Clashes to Collaboration in 2019
If your relationship with your supervisor is difficult, stressful, or interfering with your productivity, now is the time to make a change. According to a Harvard Business Review survey, 58% of people say they trust strangers more than their own boss. While boss-employee dynamics often are complicated, they don’t have to means that it’s time for a new job. Take a few minutes to step back and determine where the disconnect is. … [Read more...] about Boss Troubles? Go from Clashes to Collaboration in 2019
Manage Benefits Like a Business for Best Results
Employee benefits management is a key part of any company, yet it is seldom aligned with organizational objectives. Managing benefits like a business is a strategy that works. Follow a few basic steps, and your benefits program can be leaner and stronger. Start by setting measurable goals. Just as it’s impossible to measure the quality of care using inappropriate or unrealistic goals, you can’t keep your benefits program running smoothly without the right targets. Your goals should address financial outcomes, workforce engagement/enablement, and administrative efficiency. … [Read more...] about Manage Benefits Like a Business for Best Results
Using Military Review in Healthcare Can Translate to Process Improvements
Taking a page from the military, an After-Action Review (AAR) can help your organization identify and implement “lessons learned” and promote a culture of quality improvement. The AAR is generally defined as a “professional discussion of an event, focused on performance standards, that enables soldiers to discover for themselves what happened, why it happened, and how to sustain strengths and improve on weaknesses.” It enables leaders and teams alike to maximize the benefit of any task or effort. … [Read more...] about Using Military Review in Healthcare Can Translate to Process Improvements
Survey Shows Magnitude of Harassment in the Workplace, Offers Workable Solutions
HR can take the lead on successfully addressing harassment in the workplace. According to a recent study, workplace harassment plagues many companies and affects how employees feel about their jobs and their employers. However, there is much health care organizations and other companies can do to protect employees and minimize complaints. In a survey of 500 US full-time employees, 35% of respondents said they feel that they have been harassed at work. The number is higher among women, 41% of whom made this claim. Three-quarters of those who said they were harassed identified the harasser as a male, and over 70% said they were victimized by someone in a senior position. However, workplace harassment isn’t limited to bosses and employees. Nearly one in five (17%) of survey respondents identified their harasser as a customer or vendor. … [Read more...] about Survey Shows Magnitude of Harassment in the Workplace, Offers Workable Solutions
