Not long ago, I found myself in a client meeting, sitting opposite a senior manager from the overseas parent company. Before him at the conference table he had laid out three telephones, a computer [...]
For many of us who toil in the modern workplace, it sometimes seems the main exercise we get comes from aerobic stress. Much like a session on the treadmill, stress fires up our cardiovascular systems with adrenaline, gets our hormones pumping [...]
Investing time and effort to uncover and mitigate today’s stressors for employees can help employers avoid tomorrow’s more damaging and expensive consequences. A comprehensive assessment of workplace stress can generate a substantial [...]
By Thomas O. Davenport, Senior Consultant, Willis Towers Watson Imagine you work in a small, high-technology company. This is the how your CEO describes his desired workplace culture: “Fire people who are not [...]
It’s Monday morning and time to make your to-do list for the day. Following time management advice you found on the Internet, you aim to fit your list on a single sticky note. As [...]
