Detachment from work is an important component required for rest and recovery from work and yet many organizations are failing to provide their people with work experiences that take this key variable into account. Detachment is positively related to recovery, mental and physical health, wellbeing, having access to job resources, and task performance on-the-job. Detachment
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Key Points: Adequate support is essential for employee well-being and positively influences their behavior and attitudes towards work, leading to improved commitment, performance, and less turnover intention. Emotional and instrumental support in the workplace are strongly correlated, regardless of whether it comes from a supervisor or co-worker, but the ideal support system may vary depending
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Key Points: When delivered effectively, leadership training programs can improve leadership, change behavior, and help an organization’s bottom line. But you can’t just assume that the training you’re considering (or already receiving) is actually being delivered effectively. You should conduct a needs analysis before beginning training to ensure that the program that you’re considering is
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Key Points: Mindfulness is positively correlated with many highly sought health and wellness indicators. Mindfulness is similarly correlated with highly sought and highly effective leadership styles like transformational leadership, authentic leadership, and with specific leader behaviours like less leader abuse. Organizations would do well to implement demonstrably effective evidence-based mindfulness training as it’s both cost
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