A friend who is in the Communications department at the American Psychological Association kindly provided me with the just-released results of their Stress in America survey, broken down by generations.  As soon as I read it, I was itching to share the key findings with you:    The Stress in America survey was conducted online ...

Juggling multiple jobs is becoming more and more common, as people seek work that will provide an additional paycheck or personal satisfaction that is lacking in Job #1.  Over at Stepcase Lifehack, Thursday Bram, a writer who has done this herself, has these insights to share: Keep firm dividers between your different jobs. Even if ...

Can you imagine a workplace with no pointless meetings, no boss hovering over your shoulder, and no punishment for arriving at 9:05AM?  Two online friends of mine, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, have just released a new book based on their popular Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE) concept, which they pioneered with electronics giant ...

As many of you know, I am writing a new book on drastic career change to be published by Random House/Ballantine Books in 2009. I've been scouting out potential interviewees  for a few months now, and I've noticed a very interesting phenomenon.There is an astounding number of women out there who have taken their careers into their own hands ...

Remember when you were a kid and stayed home from school because you were sick?  Remember how weird it was to watch all those daytime TV talk shows and think, “so this is how the other half lives.”  Remember how it was even stranger when you accompanied your mother on a brief errand or visited the doctor’s office and saw people out and ...

Most people know that high levels of stress are associated with a number of negative physical and psychological consequences.  Physical problems include high blood pressure and cholesterol, and an increased risk for heart disease, ulcers, and cancer.  Psychological side effects include anger, anxiety, irritability, and boredom as well as ...

On Friday, I drove from Chicago to Racine, WI to meet a new client.  Because I left my house at an odd time, my trip there was cake.  I put in a few good CDs and jammed along to them as I cruised effortlessly along the highway.  The meeting went well, and I was still brimming with energy as I got back into the car to drive ...

Fortune 500 companies across America are kicking off major wellness initiatives that aim to improve employee health and cut medical costs.  These programs, which are being implemented by organizations such as Scotts Miracle-Gro, IBM, and Microsoft were the subject of a recent Business Week cover story and involve employee discounts on ...

[ImageAttachment]   More than 75% employees are looking for new jobs, according to the 462 employees and 367 HR professionals surveyed in the 2006 U.S. Job Retention Poll released last week by the Society for Human Resource Management and The Wall Street Journal’s CareerJournal.com.  According to HR professionals, 12% of their ...

The Society for Human Resource Management reports that CCH Inc., a provider of HR and employment law information and services, has released its 2006 Unscheduled Absence Survey.  The rate of unscheduled absences rose to 2.5 percent in 2006, the highest it has been since 1999.  Unscheduled absences cost some large employers an estimated ...