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Suicide Prevention Education and Training for Employees

Helping to Prevent SuicideEvery 40 seconds, someone attempts suicide. Every 17 minutes, someone succeeds. Over 400,000 failed attempts a year end up with serious injuries. In most cases, the person who commits suicide has tried before and made numerous attempts to reach out to others. Ninety percent of suicides are associated with mental illness, such as depression. And 50% [...]

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Enjoy the Stress -- It's Not All Bad

Stress Isn't Always Bad for You -- Here's Why Although stress is a normal part of everyday life, we typically think of it as a bad thing. The reality is that some stress challenges us to improve ourselves because it pushes us beyond what we think we can handle. Without stress, then, we don't grow or adapt to [...]

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11 Tips for Avoiding Burnout

Job burnout—chances are you’ve heard these words before. You may have heard friends or co-workers complain of it or it may be something you’re worried about experiencing yourself.But what is burnout? Most people equate job burnout to being overworked, but that is only one factor that can create this miserable condition. The truth is that workplace burnout has many causes [...]

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Ten Signs of Burnout and How to Intervene with Yourself to Prevent It

Job burnout is officially recognized by the World Health Organization in 2019 as an occupational phenomenon. Here is the statement issued in July 2019:“Burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is characterized by: feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s [...]

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​DOT Supervisor Compliance Training Online

Substance Abuse in the Workplace: 4 Essential Elements to Stop It From HappeningThe Department of Transportation (DOT) requires businesses in the transportation industry to ensure that personnel authorized to supervise drivers undergo training on alcohol misuse and controlled substances use. The training covers all factors which may indicate possible substance abuse, i.e., physical, behavioral, speech, and performance factors. Why so?Substance [...]

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1 of 10 Excuses Employees will Use When Confronted by the Supervisor for Reasonable Suspicion of Workplace Substance Abuse

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​Workplace Wellness and Anger Management Education for Employees

This article for employee wellness was written by Steve Dell Hypnotherapy and features ways in which you can improve workplace wellness and positively manage anger.Reading employee articles related to wellness is a great way to gain helpful advice on a number of work-related issues. From an employee and employer perspective; workplace wellness and well-being is crucial for ensuring a positive [...]

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Employee Manipulation in Reasonable Suspicion Confrontations: #1 "But We Are Friends!"

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Seven Ways to Make Your Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training PPT (PowerPoint) Deliver More Impact for DOT Supervisors

CLICK IMAGE TO PREVIEWThere is no mystery as to what content must be included in a Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training PPT for DOT Supervisors. The federal government is quite specific, but the entire mandate is only a couple sentences long regarding the types of drugs that must be discussed, and their physical effects of [...]

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Binge Drinking: Alcohol Awareness and Education for Employees

The CDC defines binge drinking as consuming alcohol to a .08 BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) and beyond. This level of binge drinking often requires as little as a few drinks within an hour’s time in healthy adults. Binge drinking can lead to serious and life-threatening problems.Of those who have reported binge drinking, four times per month, averaging about once [...]

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