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		<title>Workplace Civility; It&#8217;s Not Just a Legal Issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/05/17/workplace-civility-its-not-just-a-legal-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently in a physician&#8217;s office reading in the waiting room and minding my own business when suddenly I heard some very loud and angry voices.  When I looked up, I noticed a physician yelling at one of the receptionists about some kind of billing error.  Bad enough that he was yelling at her but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Assistance Programs Hit the Airwaves</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/05/16/employee-assistance-programs-hit-the-airwaves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 20:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I got re-connected to the reason that I got into this line of work over 30 years ago.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I love what I do and the impact that the work I and my colleagues do every day.  Its just that sometimes we can put our heads down and just plow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform &amp; MBGH Conference</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/05/03/health-care-reform-mbgh-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/05/03/health-care-reform-mbgh-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellness Services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am about to attend the Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) Annual Employer Focused Health Benefits Conference.  For those of you not aware of this group it is a business coalition made up of self insured public and private employers represented by the health care purchasers from these companies.  The main goal of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health &amp; the Workplace</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/04/10/mental-health-the-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/04/10/mental-health-the-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading an article from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) titled &#8220;OECD:  Mental Health is Worldwide Workplace Issue&#8221;.  It quoted research done by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) saying taht 3 out of 4 workers diagnosed with a mental health disorder reported that they might not seek mental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here We Go Again:  Oakland Nursing College Shooting</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/04/03/here-we-go-again-oakland-nursing-college-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/04/03/here-we-go-again-oakland-nursing-college-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another incident of violence at work, this time at a Nursing College in Oakland.  Not all of the facts are in yet but it seems that this student was upset at having been expelled from school.  There are lots of possible reasons why this might have happened and we may never know what caused this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Basketball Victory That&#8217;s More About Winning Than Winning</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/02/24/a-basketball-victory-thats-more-about-winning-than-winning/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/02/24/a-basketball-victory-thats-more-about-winning-than-winning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basketball]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile, you come across something that rekindles your faith in the good in people and in outstanding leadership.  The other day I had one of those moments.  While driving into work the other day, i heard a commentary that made my eyes tear.  It was about a college basketball game that occurred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EAPs &amp; Crisis Response</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2012/01/11/eaps-crisis-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know, I am very biased.  I believe that EAPs are invaluable tools for helping employees and workplaces.  And lots of time, the value doesn&#8217;t get noticed.  Well, this blog will highlight another element of EAPs that demonstrate teh need for high quality.  Most folks know of Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) as a place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy Strikes Again at Virginia Tech</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/12/09/tragedy-strikes-again-at-virginia-tech/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/12/09/tragedy-strikes-again-at-virginia-tech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CISD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[workplace shootings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace violence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We spend alot of time in this blog extolling the virtues of having a quality Employee Assistance Program (EAP) or Sudent Assistance Program (SAP).  What happened yesterday is yet another reason for having one available.  The horrible shooting that occurred yesterday on the Virginia Tech campus should cause us all to pause and think about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerry West Scores for Depression</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/11/05/jerry-west-scores-for-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/11/05/jerry-west-scores-for-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know who  Jerry West is then you aren&#8217;t a real basketball fan.  But, please don&#8217;t stop reading now if you don&#8217;t know him because this blog is about a talented basketball player and a courageous man who spent a lifetime fighting depression.  And now he is sharing it his new autobiography, “West by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Need A Good Therapist?</title>
		<link>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/10/18/need-a-good-therapist/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/2011/10/18/need-a-good-therapist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernie Dyme</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee assistance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.perspectivesltd.com/?p=1534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, well, what a surprise.  &#8220;Help Wanted: a Good Therapist&#8221; was the lead article today in the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s (WSJ) Personal Journal section.  Maybe we are finally recognizing in our business publications that mental health is important and that opening the topic up may just break the stigma attached for people in [...]]]></description>
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