What Employers Need to Know About Suicide Prevention
Harvard Business
JANUARY 25, 2022
Research on common predictors, effective interventions, and strategies to support employees if a colleague dies by suicide.
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Suicide, The Secret Of My Client Marketing Success
Henry DeVries
AUGUST 15, 2018
Today he is a speaker and trainer on suicide prevention as a workplace health and safety issue. Ironically, it wasn’t until Frank King came close to ending his life that he realized the purpose of his life.
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Migration Madness Exposed: Suicide Bombers Strike Istanbul Airport, Dozens Killed
MishTalk
JUNE 28, 2016
Terrorist madness continues: Suicide bombers hit the Istanbul, Turkey airport in attacks before blowing themselves up. The Financial Times reports … Continue reading →
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Merkel Sponsored “Suicide of Germany”
MishTalk
DECEMBER 27, 2016
million migrants who arrived in Germany in 2014 and 2015, only 34,000 found work. All the rest are on the dole, needing free handouts to survive. Why did the migrants go to Germany? Because Germany offered the most free handouts. more…).
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My Struggles with Suicide
CaseInterview.com
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Over the last 15 years or so, I have struggled at times with depression and suicidal thoughts. I’ve decided to do so because problems like suicide don’t get addressed in silence or isolation. I know that depression and suicide risk have multiple causes and manifest themselves in different ways for different people.
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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex
Consulting Matters
APRIL 13, 2023
His company had the idea of counseling people virtually before the pandemic and started by focusing on reducing veteran suicides. Today, Brad is the CEO of EHOME Counseling Group, a nationwide virtual mental health counseling business. In addition, they are now the primary mental health care provider for the US Olympic and Paralympic Team!
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Knowing Your Customers
Martinka Consulting
JANUARY 27, 2021
It would be business suicide for Spice Waala to keep the same menu for extended time periods as their customers want to try different things. It would be even faster business suicide if Dick’s started introducing new (and short-term) menu items like the fast-food chains do.
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Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain And What Keeps You Up At Night
Henry DeVries
JUNE 13, 2018
In the wake of the reported suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, the important question of “what keeps your clients up at night?” was posed by Brigadier General Becky Halstead, U.S. Army (Retired) at the annual meeting of the Speaking Consultants Network (SCN) in Anaheim, California.
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Battling Depression from the C-Suite
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
For most of his life, Paul Greenberg suffered from severe depression — depression so bad that he had near constant thoughts of suicide from the age of 13. The number for the Suicide Prevention Hotline in the U.S. But you’d never know it if you met him. is 1-800-273-8255.
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Ready to Change
Prudent Pedal
AUGUST 20, 2019
In the past, I’ve manned a suicide hotline. When the status quo is depression, suicide, addiction or stasis, interdiction is required from professionals like police, psychiatrists, and medical teams to save a life. I’ve worked with troubled youth. I’ve spent time around 12-Step programs. The list goes on.
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40 The Red Line
CaseInterview.com
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
Within an academic environment, the pressure to succeed is too high when coping mechanisms like suicide and cheating are used or contemplated. Within a company, overexertion might be conveyed by the employee Net Promoter Score (NPS) - a popular way for businesses to measure customer or employee satisfaction with the company.
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US Middle-Aged Whites With No College Education Dying at Shocking Rate
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 3, 2015
The mortality rate for white men and women ages 45-54 with less than a college education increased markedly between 1999 and 2013, most likely because of problems with legal and illegal drugs, alcohol and suicide, the researchers concluded. Drugs and alcohol, and suicide. . . Both are economics professors at Princeton University.
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Meghan Markle Oprah Interview
CaseInterview.com
MARCH 22, 2021
First, I really appreciate the courage and vulnerability Markle had in sharing about her struggles with suicidal thoughts. I’ve never watched Meghan or Harry speak in an interview before. I thought I'd point out a few things that jumped out at me. From the outside, what could be better than literally being royalty?
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How Hospitals Are Using Patient-Reported Outcomes to Improve Care
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Following three years of program development, Dr. Willig and colleagues are using electronic PRO surveys to raise topics often missed or avoided in clinical consultation, flag signs of suicidal ideation, and trigger psychiatric or case-management interventions to improve safety and effective care delivery for patients.
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Addicted to What?
Chad Barr
APRIL 28, 2021
Suicide has increased by 70% for teens and 151% for preteen girls. Mass chaos has been created, bringing out the worst in people, creating loneliness, and generating lack of trust in each other. Hospital admissions for depression and anxiety has increased since 2011 by 62% for teens and 189% for preteens.
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How to be an Interesting Person
CaseInterview.com
DECEMBER 4, 2018
People I barely know routinely tell me about their addictions, suicide attempts, affairs, financial problems, biggest dreams, worst fears, and a whole lot more. One man I was speaking to revealed within the first 20 minutes of talking that he had been shot by police four times.
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Why Leaders Need To Take A Hike
Organizational Talent Consulting
JULY 4, 2022
While broken relationships, alcohol and substance abuse, depression, and even suicide are associated at an individual leader level. The complications stemming from a lack of stress resilience and capacity include increased turnover, decreased productivity, decreased customer satisfaction, and decreased performance at an organizational level.
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Psychological Resilience
CaseInterview.com
MAY 30, 2020
I was borderline suicidal. This question became an obsession of mind starting 12 years ago — at the start of The Great Recession. My business was decimated due to the largest economic crisis of the prior 70 years. I fell apart. I questioned my identity as a husband (because I wasn’t being a good one).
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Terrorist Arrests in Germany, Belgium; Nine Warning Signs Ignored; Could Attacks Have Been Prevented?
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
The arrests in Germany and reports the Belgian police is investigating whether the men charged in Belgium provided the bombs used in the suicide attacks indicate that the conspiracy may have been wider than previously thought — and that more than one attacker may still be on the loose. In June this year they reiterated it.
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TCIP #055 – Life’s Most Important Question with Brian Willis
Melissa Agnes
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
TED Talk by Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life. More TEDx videos from the outstanding speakers at this year’s WINx event. Brian’s TEDx Talk: The Most Dangerous Weapon in Law Enforcement. TEDx Talk by Chip Huth: The importance of mindset in policing.
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What to Do After the Consulting Firm Offer
CaseInterview.com
NOVEMBER 12, 2019
not to advise people in need of counseling (usually suicide counseling), but rather to just listen and show that you understand them. I took a peer counseling course at Stanford. and the whole premise of the course is to teach counselors how to listen actively without judgment.
Consultant Ninja: US Industries in a World of S**t: Management.
Consultant Ninja
APRIL 1, 2009
But how many bankers have the onions to pull off a murder-suicide? PS I wish this was an April Fools Joke, but sadly its not. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 7:45 PM. Labels: Analysis , Consulting. Related Posts. 4 comments: Chris. Not sure consulting has a place on this list. Its tough sledding but this is the bottom of the cycle.
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Computer Beats "Turing Test" Convincing Some Human Judges It's Human
MishTalk
JUNE 10, 2014
Two years later, he died from cyanide poisoning in an apparent suicide, though there have been suggestions that his death was an accident. After his conviction in 1952 for gross indecency with a 19-year-old Manchester man, he was chemically castrated.
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ISIS Claims "Only Beginning of Storm"; Poland Backs Out of Refugee Agreement, Says It's a "Great Mistake"; Paris Changes Everything
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
Syrian Passport a Fake ZeroHedge has detailed coverage of the Syrian passport issue in The False Flag Link: Passport "Found" Next To Suicide Bomber Was "Definitely A Forgery".
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One Terrorist's Fingerprints Match Refugee Who Entered Greece in October
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
French authorities working to identify the suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside the Stade de France have matched a fingerprint of one of the attackers to a man who entered the EU on the Greek island of Leros in October.
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28 More Robots: Google's "Atlas" Robot Mimics "Karate Kid"; Flying Defibrillator "Ambulance Drone" Unveiled; Fed Has No Answer
MishTalk
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
February 24, 2013 : Robots Don''t Commit Suicide (and Other Robot Advantages) January 22, 2013 : Meet "Baxter" the Robot Out to Get Your Minimum-Wage, No Benefits, Part-Time Job, Because He''s Still Much Cheaper; Fed Cannot Win a Fight Against Robots August 20, 2012 : Robots to Rule the World?
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74 Being a Good Boss in Dark Times
Harvard Business
JULY 5, 2016
Mass shootings, suicide bombers, assassinations — the emotions such events bring up are strong, even if our personal connection to the events themselves is not. Senseless acts of violence affect all of us. Feelings of sadness, pain, confusion, and anger don’t get checked at the office door.
Finding Your Passion: Is there a ‘Magic Formula?’
Confessions of a Consultant
JANUARY 13, 2019
There are a number of not-for-profit organizations in Ireland that ‘fit’ with this idea of people challenging conventional wisdom (To Russia with Love and Suicide Awareness are two organizations that spring to mind). External Nudge: Sometimes, other people nudge you toward your calling. Sharon Long had worked odd jobs most of her life.
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40 Perfectionism Is Increasing, and That’s Not Good News
Harvard Business
JANUARY 26, 2018
It is also the form of perfectionism that exhibits the largest association of all the dimensions with a host of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, social phobia, and suicidal thoughts.
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51 Thinking Like a Consultant – Communicating Core Values
Management Consulted
AUGUST 16, 2015
If you are not willing to act with integrity, not only will you be committing career suicide, you may also be jeopardizing the reputation of your whole firm. If you are willing to put the client first, saying what you mean and meaning what you say, nothing will get in your way.
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100 Email from Greek Voter With "No Dreams and Nothing to Lose"; Greek 'No' Vote Demographics
MishTalk
JULY 6, 2015
More than 10,000 have committed suicide. After two bailouts, debt is now close to 175% of GDP. Is that progress? The official unemployment rate is close to 30%, imagine how much the unofficial might really be. That's about 1/1000th of the population. They just don't let us breathe. This picture Sums Up the Bailout Success.
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Inside Ukraine: Mish Reader Who Speaks Ukrainian and Russian Challenges Western Media View of Events
MishTalk
FEBRUARY 27, 2014
Joking grimly about his role yesterday, Mr Yatseniuk said he would be leading a “government of suicides”. The escalation of events in Crimea and Mr Yanukovich’s claims still to be in power pose a severe challenge to Ukraine’s new leaders even as they grapple to stabilise the country’s tottering economy. Hryvnia Plunges Another 9.8%
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How to Work for a Boss Who Lacks Self-Awareness
Harvard Business
APRIL 3, 2018
Here are three data-driven recommendations for dealing with such leaders: Help them out: Although upward feedback — when subordinates evaluate their leaders — can be pretty suicidal, it is also the most valuable data point to judge leaders’ performance.
What Happens at Home When People Can’t Depend on Stable Work
Harvard Business
APRIL 4, 2017
The immediate causes of these “deaths of despair,” as the pair refer to them, are often factors like drug abuse, health problems like diabetes, and suicide. Recent research by economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton documents a dramatic rise in mortality rates among working-class white people in the U.S.
The Wisdom of Country Western Music - Henman Performance
Henman Performance Executive
MARCH 8, 2012
Evidence of temporary setbacks need not lead to professional suicide (or bowling). First, it recaps the folly of assuming we know what’s wrong before we’ve really checked. But it also strikes another chord. She Got the Ring, and I Got the Finger” gives us perspective. Sometimes the most well-intended business ventures go astray.
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How to Mentor a Perfectionist
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Self-critical perfectionists are significantly more likely to suffer from symptoms of depression (guilt, anger, sadness, low energy, lack of pleasure), anxiety, hopelessness, and even suicidal thinking. How does perfectionism take root?
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Shakespeare’s Characters Show Us How Self-Development Should Happen
Harvard Business
JANUARY 30, 2017
So tortured is he by his inner conflicts that he considers, in perhaps the most famous soliloquy in all literature, the pros and cons of suicide (“to be or not to be”). After learning of his father’s murder, he discovers in soliloquies of stunning intensity that he cannot bear to remain as he is.
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What Companies Can Do to Help Employees Address Mental Health Issues
Harvard Business
DECEMBER 18, 2018
For example, two-thirds of the UK workers we surveyed said they have experienced or are currently experiencing mental health challenges or have even had suicidal thoughts or feelings.
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41 Why an Activist Hedge Fund Cares Whether Apple’s Devices Are Bad for Kids
Harvard Business
JANUARY 16, 2018
.” Overuse of iPhones by children and teenagers, the letter pointed out, has been linked to lack of attention in the classroom, difficulty in empathizing with others, depression, sleep deprivation, and a higher risk of suicide.
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Greece Boils Over; No Rules, Just Right; German Rabbits
MishTalk
APRIL 25, 2015
That would be morally repugnant and politically suicidal for the Syriza-led government. But it may be the only way to avert utter disaster. On whom could, or should, Greece default? It could default on its citizens by not paying public-sector wages or pensions.
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How Disney Found Its Way Back to Creative Success
Harvard Business
JUNE 3, 2016
the upcoming Suicide Squad , Wonder Woman, and the two-part Justice League ). In response to Marvel’s popular interconnected superhero adventure films (e.g., The Avengers ), WB is spinning a host of similar tales featuring its own DC army (e.g., True, you want to build successful franchises into sequels.
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Changes to Mission Can Drive You Down - Henman Performance
Henman Performance Executive
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
David didn’t kill this giant; it attempted suicide. Analysts are concerned that in changing direction again, Wal-Mart risks alienating whatever higher-scale shoppers it gained during its transition. xmlns:dc="[link] xmlns:trackback="[link]. -->. Leave a Comment. Cancel reply. Search the blog. Categories. Advice for Consultants.
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Europe Fears Bail-Ins: Capital Flight Intensifies in Italy, France, Spain; Are German Banks Safe?
MishTalk
JANUARY 11, 2016
The suicide of a pensioner who lost money in the rescue has added to the outcry. Some 130,000 shareholders and holders of 790 million euros ($864 million) in junior debt saw the value of their investments wiped out. It was the first time since the 1930s that bondholders suffered losses in a banking crisis.
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