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      Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

      Boris Groysberg & Robin Abrahams
      • 28 Oct 2020
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      Humans are motivated by four drives: acquire, bond, comprehend, and defend. Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams discuss how managers can use all four to keep employees engaged. [...]

      6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

      Dina Gerdeman
      • 01 Sep 2020
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      Ashley Whillans and colleagues offer managers solutions to ease the stress many employees are experiencing in the new workplace. [...]

      Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

      Dina Gerdeman
      • 23 Sep 2019
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      Previous research shows that workplace depression and anxiety can be reduced by coaching employees to increase their resilience, the ability to maintain good mental health despite psychological or physical setbacks. In fact, one study found that over a two-month period, a business-initiated resilience program resulted in a significant reduction in presenteeism (employees working while sick), which led to a company gain of $1,846 per person in terms of greater productivity, the journal article says. [...]

      Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

      Dina Gerdeman
      • 26 Feb 2019
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      With unemployment at near historic lows in the United States, employers report that their single greatest challenge is recruiting and retaining talent. The answer for many companies is to throw money at the problem: Bonuses, incentive pay, and out-of-cycle salary increases are often seen as motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. [...]
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