Author Archives: Scott Brassart

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Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

Do 12-Step Groups Really Help Troubled Employees? YES!

Many Employee Assistance Programs recommend addiction treatment followed by 12-step recovery for troubled employees. And now there is evidence that shows this is indeed the most effective approach to...
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2024

Mental Health Days: When to Take One and How to Make the Most of It

Even the hardest working, most dedicated individuals (like you!) occasionally need a bit of downtime. Without that, we become less sharp, less effective, and less productive. But sometimes we...
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

How Much Does Employee Substance Abuse Cost Your Business?

Alcoholism, drug addiction, and behavioral addictions (sex, porn, gambling, video gaming, etc.) cost US employers more than $400 billion every year. How much of that cost is being borne...
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Monday, February 26th, 2024

Handling Difficult Coworkers

Almost nothing in life is more frustrating than interpersonal conflicts in the workplace. Whether you’re the boss, a subordinate, or on the same level, struggling to get along with...
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Monday, February 19th, 2024

When Your Boss is Lazy and Incompetent…

OK, we’ve all had one. A lazy boss or an incompetent boss (or, worse, both at the same time). So we find ourselves doing all the hard work and...
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Monday, February 12th, 2024

The All-Important Working from Home Question: When to Eat Lunch?

With countless people now working from home, many people find themselves struggling to set a schedule. Either they’re easily distracted by kids, pets, TV, and the like, or they...
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Monday, February 5th, 2024

Drinking Problem?

What does a drinking problem look like? Can you have a job and a marriage and kids and still be doing OK with all of those, but nevertheless be...
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Monday, January 29th, 2024

You Think Sexism Doesn’t Hurt?

Recent research shows that a woman’s lifelong earnings and how much she works are influenced by the levels of sexism in the state where she was born. This means...
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Monday, January 22nd, 2024

Do You Have Integrity?

Most of us like to think we are men or women of integrity. But are we? Do we display the signs of a person with integrity, of a business...
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