Stress in the office is contagious — here’s how to stop it from spreading

Everywhere we look, ominous signs reveal a mushrooming stress epidemic.
Predictably, this stress epidemic is driving up costs to business from lost productivity and innovation. But recent research provides insights on how to counter these trends.
Here are four leadership keys to easing and even reversing the rising costs of stress in the workplace.

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4 Ways To Foster Happiness In The Workplace

This second article in the “Ask Dave” series is based on a question posed by Dr. Amy Osmond Cook, CEO of Osmond Marketing.

“I recently had an employee quit suddenly. She said that she was happy … until the day she quit. I was surprised and felt bad that I couldn’t tell she had been struggling. How can I prevent this from happening in the future?”

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Tell-Tale Signs Your Employees Want to Leave

Losing qualified employees is one of the costly events that can happen to a business owner. Once your employee has been trained for the position and you come to depend on them to fulfill their responsibilities, it becomes imperative that management knows the warning signs that an employee might be trying to find other employment and what to do about it.

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Toxic leaders affect companies, and governments. How to deal with them

Toxic leadership is characterised by a number of familiar traits: unwillingness to take feedback, lying or inconsistency, cliquishness, autocracy, manipulation, intimidation, bullying, and narcissism. The toxic leader can – if allowed to run rampant for long enough – destroy organisational structures over time and bring down an entire organisation. This applies to countries too.

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5 Ways to Make It Safe for Employees to Speak Up

It’s not easy, but the results will be very well worth your effort.
Creating an environment dedicated to open and honest communication is a very difficult task, especially if you’re approaching it as a leader outside of the office’s circle of tight-knit employees.
But while creating a safe office environment is challenging for any leader, it can be accomplished with intention, thought, and planning. The results will be very well worth your effort. Read up on 5 ways how.

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