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Presenteeism Only Tends To Emerge When Employees Fall Behind Expectations

The Horizons Tracker

The concept of presenteeism obviously took on a new light during a pandemic in which infecting our colleagues took on life-changing meaning. Presenteeism is widely associated with a range of workplace problems, including productivity loss, burnout, and impaired workability. A costly problem.

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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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Leading with Trust

Great Leadership By Dan

My team spent a decade running experiments that measured brain activity while people worked to find out why some teams are productive and others engage in "presenteeism." Zak, PhD , is founding Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies and Professor of Economics, Psychology, and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

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How to work hard and smart in business management

Strategy Driven

The last two years have significantly changed many perceptions and attitudes around presenteeism and productivity with the pandemic. However, one of the key learnings for 2022 is when it comes to business management and your career, it’s not so much about how much time you put into it, but how you use that specified time.

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HR’s role in managing pandemic-related burnout

HR Digest

Research shows that lost productivity from presenteeism (i.e., The post HR’s role in managing pandemic-related burnout appeared first on The HR Digest. Company HR people need to interact with team leaders to inform and educate them about burnout and what needs to be done to spot it and handle it. It’s a lose/lose situation.

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Evaluating Individual Performance From Within A Team

The Horizons Tracker

Research from the University of Michigan attempts to help managers hone in on our key contributions during assessments. The study suggests that managers often pay attention to the changes in team performance according to which team members happen to be present on any given day. Gauging performance.

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Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems' Flu and Wellness Podcast

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  I can think of few, if any, employee wellness issues that have such a direct and measurable impact on an organization's performance as the absenteeism (and presenteeism) resulting from influenza. License. . 

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