Can better leadership be connected to better sleep? Increasing amounts of data indicate the answer is yes. In their paper Sleep Well, Lead Well: How Better Sleep Can Improve Leadership, Boost Productivity, and Spark Innovation, published by the Center for Creative...
This sponsored post from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, was originally published here. Please visit the original piece to leave any comment. In a study published... in the journal Pediatrics, BCRF investigator Walter Willett and colleagues at Harvard T.H. Chan...
Spring is just around the corner, which means (perhaps) we're exiting another flu season. It also makes this a perfect time to look back and ask: How much does influenza cost U.S. businesses? The CDC Foundation looks at the question as part of its latest edition of...
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, one in five people experience a mental illness at any given time. Depression — one of the most common mood disorders — is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The World Health Organization connects the...
Insomnia has been widely recognized as a rampant problem among the U.S. workforce. Its effects ranging from decreased concentration and diminished quality of performance can often lead to industrial disasters. Yet, too few employers have implemented any wellness...
Ignoring the mind-body connection can exact a punishing toll on one’s health. In the workplace, lowered employee morale and absenteeism can result, costing the U.S. economy $576 billion a year, according to the Integrated Benefits Institute, a nonprofit organization...
To help people better recognize and achieve wellness – including in the workplace – the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created the Eight Dimensions of Wellness: Emotional—Coping effectively with life and creating satisfying...
The Global Wellness Summit, which convened in Mexico City last November, focused on how leaders will push forward in 2016. Based on event research, the Summit’s leadership predicts that investment in wellness programs will continue to soar over the next five to 10...
Luckily, the U.S. added Hawaii and Alaska as our last two states. Perhaps they can show the rest of us how it's done! Gallup released its latest ranking of states' well-being index, and for the fifth time since the list was launched in 2008, Hawaii took the top spot...