Editor’s Note

How refreshing and productive we are today depends on the quality and quantity of sleep we had the previous day. We often overlook the importance of a good night’s sleep over that favorite TV show and end up feeling drowsy and agitated the next day, thus, burning candles at both the ends.   

Sleep Like You Mean It: 5 reasons leaders should sleep more

​​​​​​​In January 1986, just seconds after launch, the space shuttle Challenger exploded, killing everyone on board instantly. According to research in 1988, select managers directly involved in the launch arrived at 1 a.m. that morning, having only slept a maximum of two hours. Additionally, in 1989, third mate Gregory Cousins was allegedly sleeping at the wheel of the Exxon Valdez supertanker.

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Opioid Abuse: How Companies Can Combat It –Part 1

It’s hard to overdramatize the effect of opioid addiction on American workers and workplaces today. After all, National Safety Council data show that prescription-drug abuse affects about 7 in 10 workplaces; more than 15 million employed Americans are estimated to abuse such substances and in 2006, the most recent NSC data available, businesses lost more than $40 billion in productivity.

Why Sweating At Work Can Be A Serious Problem: Myths, misconceptions, and facts about sweating

As people go about their daily work lives, whether in the office or networking and interacting with colleagues, customers, clients, vendors, and other associates, there’s a common but hidden scourge: excessive sweating. In fact, a national survey conducted by the International Hyperhidrosis Society (IHhS)—the scholars of sweat—shows multiple millions suffer from extreme, uncomfortable, embarrassing, debilitating, and emotionally-devastating sweating.

Burnout In The Knowledge Economy: Does your company put enough value in rest?

Are there employees in your organization right now who are burned out? Are there some who rarely or never take vacations? Can you see obvious signs of prolonged stress but are unable to convince them to take a break?

Benefits Enrollment: Help Employers Get It Right The First Time

There are a lot of “firsts” in life: first steps, first dates, first times behind the wheel. They are all exciting but a bit intimidating, too – just like the first time a young employee signs up for health care insurance.

How To Express Empathy For Your Employees: Tips to improve retention through holistic benefits

Today’s workforce statistics reveal a startling fact about U.S. employees—they’re not happy at work. Only 33 percent of American workers report feeling engaged in their current role, and 51 percent are actively looking for a new job. Additionally, less than 20 percent of the workforce say their company leadership makes them feel motivated and excited about their career trajectory.

Get Your Motor Running Smoothly: To nap or not to nap

Years back, the director of Stanford University's sleep center concluded most adults ”no longer know what it feels like to be fully alert." The National Sleep Foundation found that about 7 in 10 adults are getting too little sleep, and nearly 6 in 10 suffer from some type of insomnia at least once a week. These people are not simply a little groggy or sluggish, but completely and undeniably walking around as if in a stupor.

Yes, Employee Happiness Really Does Boil Down To This Simple Equation

It's time for a simpler solution to employee happiness. It's time for...math? Entire industries have been created to help people find happiness. And I'm not even counting Candy Crush or when Apple comes out with a new i-anything.