I’m a long-time fan of the information the Gallup Organization produces. Whether you agree with their conclusions or not, you have to admire and trust the data they gather, sometimes daily, on many different issues. Some of that information relates to workers’ well-being — it’s their “Gallup-Healthways Well-being Index.” You can see the data by [...]
Learning from the Best: Redbrick Health (#25) Finding the right answers to making a small business work is not always easy. Good thing there are leaders making it work whom we can learn from. From the annual Best Companies to Work For survey by the Great Place to Work Institute and SHRM, we have 25 [...]
Think about this: “For the first time in Gallup history, more Americans say that economic growth should be given priority even if the environment suffers to some extent (51%) than say protection of the environment should be given priority even at the risk of curbing economic growth (42%).” While very slight (at 51%) more people [...]
Where are all the real superheroes? Another question: How many superheroes have the same powers as another one? “Uhmm, none!” Maybe that’s part of why they’re called “super-heroes.” So how many superheroes do you know? I love reading the Readers’ Digest because they have stories of heroes in every issue. It’s always uplifting to read [...]
Work Environment is Critical “Our research in 2008 has shown that workers in high quality work environments, while not immune to the effects of the economy, are cushioned from the substantial declines in well-being that have been observed in the general populace. Top economists are predicting a tough first six months [of 2009].” (my emphasis) [...]
I was looking at Gallup.com’s “Year in Review” this morning and saw their note on “A Low-Quality Job Makes a Tough Economy Tougher.” “In the first 26 weeks of 2008, the average weekly well-being of those in high-quality jobs has been substantially higher than those in low-quality jobs. In the average week this year, more [...]
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