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Help Your Team Achieve Work-Life Balance — Even When You Can’t

Harvard Business

I responded that even if it is the norm for this company’s culture — and potentially many others — it is not acceptable universally, nor should it be. These advances will have also significantly increased the workload of more senior managers, keeping them working around the clock. “Is this normal?”

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Navigating Political Talk at Work

Harvard Business

In another APA survey , conducted in early January 2017, more than half of Americans cited the current political climate as a significant source of stress, and two-thirds said they were stressed about the future of the country, including both Democrats and Republicans. None of these feelings seem to have dissipated since the election.

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