Tag: organization

Are Your Surroundings Keeping You Stuck?

Wendy Bjork

Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives!   Our surroundings play a larger role in our mental health and well-being than we often realize. Your home, workplace, neighborhood, community and the natural external world all have a profound impact on your thought process and emotions. The field of environmental psychology studies the impact…

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The Salvation Army Sets on the Holiday Fundraising Campaign

DMUSA

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Salvation Army reports: For the first time in 130 years, The Salvation Army is starting its annual holiday fundraising campaign early in order to rescue Christmas. The funds raised through the organization’s iconic red kettles are at risk this year due to COVID-19 while requests for services are at an all-time high. Based on the increase in services already provided in response to the pandemic, the organization could serve up to 155 percent more people in 2020 with Christmas assistance, including putting food on the table, paying bills, providing…

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Is COVID Making People Perform Better at Work?

DMUSA

Reading Time: 3 minutes KPMG releases an important survey: “According to a second pulse survey by KPMG LLP (KPMG), the U.S. audit, tax and advisory firm, 79 percent of U.S. workers from organizations with more than 1,000 employees indicate that over the last four months, the quality of their work has improved, 70 percent say that their productivity has increased, and 67 percent indicate their work-life balance has improved. Eighty-four percent are also satisfied with their employer’s response to the pandemic. “‘American workers have demonstrated remarkable resiliency under the pressures of COVID-19 and against…

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