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Work today is often focused on productivity: Do your job well and efficiently! Be a top performer! Help the business to compete! But that’s an attitude that focuses more on the head more than the heart. This article discusses the value of kindness at work. There’s science behind the idea,…

Have you checked in with your employees recently? When you’re working in big teams or across a large organization, it’s easy for individual dissatisfaction to get overlooked—but it’s important to ensure that doesn’t happen. Check in with your employees, understand what bothers them, and look to address the gaps. If…

Let's start from the beginning. What really is financial wellness? Financial wellness (or financial well-being) encompasses numerous emotional, psychological, and survival drivers that coalesce to determine an individual's interaction with money. In other words, rationality, realistic goals, and decisions that ensure monetary sustainability are all markers of a person's healthy…

How often do you take time off work? While Americans are notorious for working as hard as can be, recent studies have shown that we are finally prioritizing a better work-life balance. In fact, more and more people are seeing the importance of taking time off work to facilitate better…

You probably already know that December is the Month of Giving, but while some not-so-secretly think of it as a time to receive gifts, it's also a time for reflection and selfless action to benefit others. This sentiment is easily threaded into the idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as…

We've been dealing with so much change over the past few years - are we getting better at it, or is change fatigue wearing us out? If you feel like you’re struggling with all the change that you’re experiencing, know that you’re not alone. Dealing with a pandemic, witnessing loved…

In the U.S., the glorification of long work hours, early starts, and “optimizing sleep” is approaching fetishism. Rampaging through life with minimal sleep is impressive and virtuous, while snoozing nine hours a night or sleeping past 9:00 a.m. is considered lazy and unambitious. Only recently have scientific investigations been made…

The finance sector is renowned for its brutal hours, challenging lifestyle, and the enormous compensation that comes with it. In recent years, it has also repeatedly come under the spotlight for failing to acknowledge the dramatic effect of the job on employee mental health. A group of 13 first-year analysts…

The Power of Kindness at Work

Bridging the Top 5 Employee Experience Gaps

5 Ways to Boost Employee Financial Wellness

Why You Need to Take Time (Truly) Off from Work

Know Better, Do Better: A Time to Volunteer

7 Ways of Embracing and Managing Change

The Dramatic Effect of Sleep on Employee (and Employer) Performance

How Can Financial Services Firms Better Protect Employee Mental Health?