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Employee engagement

Brain Food

by Jessica Malen

What You Eat Directly Affects Your Mood and How Your Brain Functions You’ve heard it before: it’s important to “eat clean” when it comes to maintaining a well-rounded lifestyle. But what does that really mean? Eating clean for one person… Continue Reading →

Attitude Is Everything

by Jen Wynn

Build Your Employees’ Willpower and Health with Daily Mini-Challenges One of the easiest ways to improve your employees’ health is to offer mini goals or daily challenges. They introduce your employees to a healthier behavior instantly, without a big commitment…. Continue Reading →

Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Work for You

by Jessica Malen

Make This Year Your Most Successful Yet! Welcome to the new year. The Champagne has been popped and poured, the confetti swept up, and your party clothes hung back in your closet. The first month of the year is often… Continue Reading →

Get Your Employees to Reach Their Goals with This Time Trick

by Jen Wynn

Immediate Goals are Effective Goals Derail procrastination by helping your employees believe the future is nigh. (Fire up the Delorian!) Research shows that short-term goals are more effective in creating healthier habits because they make the future feel closer and… Continue Reading →

10 Management Tips for Boosting Your Team’s Productivity

by Beth Czischke

Our last post focused on behaviors you can encourage your employees to adopt to increase their personal and professional productivity. If you are a manager, there are strategies you can use to increase your organization’s output. According to a Gallup… Continue Reading →

Go Green: Create an Environmentally Responsible Workforce

by Jessica Malen

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: A Thoughtful Environmental Impact Isn’t Just for Hippies— It’s for the Future During the rush and whir of the hectic workweek, how often do you stop to think about your environmental impact? Caring about the footprint your… Continue Reading →

The Not-So-Obvious Workplace Activity That Has Powerful Health Benefits

by Jen Wynn

Hosting a salad bar once a month or coordinating walking meetings clearly yield health benefits for your employees and your company. But there are more discrete ways to encourage healthiness in your work environment, such as volunteerism. The health benefits… Continue Reading →

The Natural Sweetness of Motivation

by Jen Wynn

Why You Should Help Your Employees Reduce Their Added Sugar Intake  As sweet as it is to have a sugar rush after eating an afternoon cookie, the crash that follows within the hour is anything but. That little pick-me-up that… Continue Reading →

Group Work vs. Individual Effort

by Tom Ersin

Considering Square Pegs and Round Holes Working in groups or teams has long been considered a necessary component of successful business. In 1898, Boston-based Filene’s, a department store since purchased by Macy’s, was the first U.S. company to introduce the… Continue Reading →

Ice Cream Shops May Have the Model for More Exercise

by Jen Wynn

Sadly, It Doesn’t Involve Eating More Ice Cream When you step into an ice cream parlor, you are met with a bounty of flavors. Generally, you don’t purchase the same scoop every time (but it’s OK if you do), so… Continue Reading →

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