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Relocating Offices? Mindful Choices to Support Employee Wellbeing

One of the biggest trends of 2021-2022?  Workplace relocation! It’s hardly surprising.  Work-at-home mandates and workers’ long-simmering desires for more flexible or remote work have resulted in cities filled with echoing office chambers.  Additionally, some companies are fleeing expensive and high-tax cities like San Francisco, Chicago, and New York for smaller metro areas like Atlanta, Phoenix, Seattle, and Austin.  Tax …

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Are Your Finances Recession-Proof?  Here’s What You Can Do Today!

Summer’s not the time to be worrying about things like the economy.  Yet nearly 7 in 10 Americans are fretting about a recession by the end of the year (Bankrate poll).  Just in time for Christmas! There are two categories you could land in once the near-certain downturn begins.  First, you could be one of the 41%who feels they are financially unprepared to handle an …

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Why “Why?” is What Your People Really Want to Know

Companies across America are undergoing structural and strategic upheaval.  From deciding whether it is wise to mandate vaccines or rolling out distributive workforce plans, business leaders have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do!  And it’s hard.  Today, many of our decisions hinge on changing variables, some we cannot predict, like viral spread, employees quitting, or the unavailability of computer equipment …

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Building a Career is a Stepping Stone, Not a Bungee Jump

Imagine arriving in New York as a young man from small-town U.S.A. with dreams of becoming the next Wall Street superstar.  What happened next was not an instant leap to success but a slow slog toward achieving a vision.  In this age of “instant” everything – instant data, instant entertainment, instant friends – we learn to expect “instant success.”  But …

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Four Signs That Your Health Could Be Impacting Your Job

The pandemic’s good news is we have learned a lot about how to keep ourselves healthy.  The bad news is we are not doing a very good job at it!    Over the past year, dodging the virus was the only priority for most of us.   As a result, many of us became too stressed, tired, and overwhelmed to eat healthily or exercise …