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Authentic leadership styles can boost job performance, aid in navigating difficult situations, lift employee spirits, and boost productivity. Positivity can be a great attitude to…
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Multiple large-scale studies have aimed to measure the impact of caffeine on productivity, attention, speed, and accuracy. A study from 2015 showed that caffeine is…
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“Stadiums fill up with people to see what’s going to happen between the lines. But life isn’t only about visible realities. There are invisible and…
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Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Nicole Hargon, is the director of Center for Healing of Racial Trauma. In her podcast, she provides techniques to help heal from…
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Every afternoon, personal support worker Susan (name changed) struggled with administering medication to a particular elderly patient in the dementia ward where she worked. On…
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Keeping our personal and professional lives separate is something many of us strive for. But, as Johnene Canfield recently discovered, we only have so much…
![Breaking the Bad News: Telling Employees about a Co-Worker’s Death](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2012/11/einstein-office-470x140.jpg?x81652)
For many, the workplace can be a second home. Co-workers become a familiar part of everyday routine; they can be people with whom close relationships…