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 [...]
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If you don’t know who Jerry West is then you aren’t a real basketball fan. But, please don’t stop reading now if you don’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 [...]
Well, well, what a surprise. “Help Wanted: a Good Therapist” was the lead article today in the Wall Street Journal’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 [...]
When we read or hear about drug abuse in the workplace, we often think of the common street drugs like cocaine, crack, marijuana, amphetamines, etc. What we don’t hear about however and what are fairly common are prescription medications. Yes, that it right. There has been an upsurge in abuse of prescription [...]
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Well it’s been a long time since I’ve done this but I am going to brag. Perspectives Ltd. is once again a finalist for the 2011 Sloan Award in Workplace Flexibility. This is the fifth time in five years. Wow! What an honor. We have again been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award [...]
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This Father’s Day weekend, many moms are getting a nice surprise too: 53% of fathers would consider being a “stay at home dad” if it were financially feasible, according to a new survey by the Boston College Center for Work & Family.
While we often think of moms as bearing the full responsibility for finding child [...]
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Sooner or later, every manager gets a terrible feeling in their gut: We have an employee that could ‘snap.’
It’s a legitimate concern for every organization.
Homicide is the second leading cause of workplace deaths and there are nearly 2 million assaults and threats of violence in U.S. workplaces every year.
To add insult to injury, workplace violence [...]
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Admit it, you are a hoarder.
We are all hoarders. Maybe not in the same manner as the subjects of the A&E television series of the same name, but it cannot be denied – we love to hoard.
We can hoard in the physical sense by collecting things or in the emotional sense by collecting thoughts, feelings, [...]
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Well, 2010 is coming to an end and for many employers and out of work employees this is a blessing. After all, it was not the best year for keeping or getting a job. Although the financial markets picked up, we still have a very high unemployment rate. But there is hope on the horizon. [...]
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This week, it was all over the news: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is suing a Connecticut company that terminated an employee for posting negative remarks about her supervisor on her Facebook… but the root cause of this is really an employee relations issue.
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