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8 Ways to Practice Mindfulness at Work

KnowledgeCity

In fact, a recent American Psychological Association study found that work-related stress significantly outranks other leading stressors like family obligations and health concerns. When we’re going about our daily routines, our brains tend to switch onto autopilot. Nix Multitasking. Multitasking is a myth. Then, repeat.

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Don’t Try to Do So Many Things At Once

CLO Magazine

Employee attempts to multitask are putting a serious damper on their performance. Digital Third Coast Content Manager Andy Kerns defined multitasking as the act of switching back and forth between multiple tasks — different from what many people believe the behavior to be: literally completing multiple tasks on a to-do list simultaneously.

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Considering mindfulness training for increased employee productivity

Matrix

Mindfulness, generally associated with meditation is widely regarded as time consuming. While this juggling ability has definitely become a requirement on any job application (it is just masked under “multitasking skills”, “flexibility” and “resistance to stress”), it has not really made people work better. The brain never stops.

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Let’s Focus a Little Better

CLO Magazine

As a millennial, I’ve been conditioned to multitask, and as glorious as that’s been to list on cover letters in the past, it is in fact, not the business for me or anyone really. Do a brain dump that is. Bravetta Hassell is a Chief Learning Officer associate editor. Leave it at the job. Easier said than done, no?

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How to Help Managers Avoid Burnout and Stay Productive

Everwise

The Association for Psychological Science refers to three types of burnout including “overload, lack of development, and neglect.” Harvard Business Review found that, “We tend to assume that [it] requires trying harder or outworking others, [which] may get you short-term results but [is] physiologically unsustainable.”

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Free learning & development webinars for May 2017

Limestone Learning

Channel Insight polls indicate that 55 percent of channel managers expect double-digit growth through their partners, and 62 percent expect their channel sales to grow faster than their direct business. Real-world case studies from insurance, financial services and technology firms that have robust channel businesses.

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Text-to-Speech Basics: What Is TTS and Who Uses It?

CourseArc

Then we’ll discuss a few ways businesses can leverage voice technology to achieve mission-critical goals. A neural network is a computational model inspired by the human brain. Businesses and buildings are required to provide entryways for wheelchair users and those with limited mobility. So, who uses TTS?