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Don’t Call It the “End of the Siesta”: What Spain’s New Work Hours Really Mean

Harvard Business

This study will be published soon in Leadership & Organizational Development Journal. A sample of 2,388 middle managers reported their senior managers’ beliefs about work-family balance by answering questions on a sliding scale about the extent to which important decision makers.

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Mindfulness in the midst of a busy day: becoming aware of first responses

Brimstone Consulting

By the time we’re usually aware, we’ve already done or said something that, on examination, we didn’t ever choose consciously to do. Simply becoming aware of first responses can be a major step in developing your mindfulness practice. Work with this for a few days and see what happens.