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People are the Purpose — You Can’t Love HR Without a Heart for PEOPLE

HR Without Ego

We can’t just tap out or tag in someone else. We can’t just tap out or tag in someone else. Pretending that this isn’t an epidemic doesn’t prepare us to help our people when they need it. Our people need us when they need us. We don’t get to filter out the uncomfortable conversations.

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An Interview with Author Elise Schiller

Thrive Global

Schiller sits on the advisory board of the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS), and she has served on the Philadelphia Mayor’s Task Force on the Opioid Epidemic. Researching and writing the book led me to advocacy work around the opioid epidemic. Where did this epidemic come from?

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Pitfalls of Working Sick and How It Affects the Workplace

Everwise

The American Productivity Audit revealed that the effects of contagious presenteeism in the country comes with a staggering $150 billion annual price tag. From a monetary perspective, showing up to work sick is costing businesses serious money. Implementing Paid Sick-Leave Incentives.

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“5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic” With Author Bracha Goetz and Fotis Georgiadis

Thrive Global

As a part of my interview series about the ‘5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic’, I had the pleasure to interview Bracha Goetz. Can you share with our readers a bit why you are an authority about the topic of the Loneliness Epidemic? The Loneliness Epidemic is very much related to the Addiction Epidemic.

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Workforce Planning: A question of survival

Benefit Resource Inc.

In addition to obvious expenditures, there are often intangibles that can come hidden with a higher price tag. When it comes to mental health, the UK appointed a loneliness minister in 2018 and the CDC lists it as an epidemic on their website. It doesn’t help that the costs of services are going up everywhere. Mental health.

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LaQuicha Westervelt-House of ‘American Addiction Centers’: “I wish someone would have told me how bad it hurts when you find out a patient relapsed or worse”

Thrive Global

Where did this epidemic come from? I firmly believe that this epidemic came from us: the medical providers and big pharma. Unscrupulous providers and big pharma launched a profit-driven initiative and it resulted in this epidemic. Can you describe how your work is making an impact on battling this epidemic?

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“Pick up the phone and talk to some you haven’t spoken to in quite sometime.” With Fotis Georgiadis & Tanya Otterstein-Liehs

Thrive Global

Asa part of my interview series about the ‘5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic’ I had the pleasure to interview Tanya Otterstein-Liehs. Can you share with our readers a bit why you are an authority about the topic of the Loneliness Epidemic? The irony of having a loneliness epidemic is glaring.