Journaling: A Powerful Technique for Stress Reduction and Goal Achievement

I have been journaling for a few years now and it has turned out to be one of the best methods I have ever come across for reducing stress and achieving increased clarity and about goals, relationships and problems. I write longhand in a notebook trying to get onto...

Four Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination

The project may be entirely ordinary like cleaning out the garage, or it may be critically significant like preparing a major presentation for work. The goal may be to start eating more healthy foods or to advance your career. Whatever the circumstances, one of the...

The Business Case for Hiring People with Disabilities

I have just reviewed a very compelling new research report which concludes that companies who “embrace best practices for employing and supporting more persons with disabilities in their workforce have outperformed their peers.” The study, presented in a report from...

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Frontline Managers, People Skills & EAPs: A Winning Formula for Improving Employee Engagement

Leadership, Productivity, Training

What happens when you have a winning product and/or business strategy but your managers have poor people skills? Lost opportunity is what happens. Failure to capitalize is what happens. Your business loses is what happens. Even the best business strategies do not...

Memory, Motivation & Wellness

EAP, Health & Wellness, Leadership, Motivation, Productivity, Stress, Training, Work-Life

We are forgetful creatures. I’m not referring to the “senior moment” variety of forgetfulness. I’m talking about the habitual forgetting that takes place in the midst of everyday life challenges and stresses, when we “forget” to make those choices that we know will...

The Easy Way to Overcome Procrastination

Motivation, Productivity, Stress

You know the feeling. A dark cloud of procrastination sweeps in blocking the light of your enthusiasm, inspiration and creativity. Your project stalls. Momentum fizzles. Distraction and guilt follow. According to Dr. Joseph Ferrari, a leading researcher in the study...

Preventive EAP

EAP, Leadership, Productivity, Stress, Training

Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) provide organizations and their employees an array of counseling and supportive services to address the negative effects of workplace stress. This is an extremely important mission, and EAPs are uniquely positioned to deliver on...

What Organizations Could Learn from Employee CAT Scans

Motivation, Productivity, Training

Advances in brain imaging technologies are extending the reach of scientific comprehension into the complex and fascinating recesses of human motivation. By studying detailed pictures of the brain’s responses to different situations neuroscientists are changing our...

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