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Includes communication techniques to maintain an engaged workforce and increase productivity. Boca Raton, FL (PRWEB) August 28, 2012 Destination Rewards®, provider of customer loyalty, incentive and engagement solutions, today revealed top strategies to maintain an engaged workforce and increase employee retention. In today’s economy, companies cannot afford to lose the money, productivity and intellectual capital that employee turnover entails. To increase retention and decrease...

New research from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management suggests learning how to stop enjoying unhealthy food sooner may play a pivotal role in combating America’s obesity problem. The research, published in the Journal of Consumer Research, explores how satiation, defined as the drop in liking during repeated consumption, can be a positive mechanism when it lowers the desire for unhealthy foods. “When people talk about self-control, they really imply that...

Though the seconds may tick by on the clock at a regular pace, our experience of the ‘fourth dimension’ is anything but uniform. When we’re waiting in line or sitting in a boring meeting, time seems to slow down to a trickle. And when we get caught up in something completely engrossing – a gripping thriller, for example – we may lose sense of time altogether. But what about the idea that time flies when we’re having fun? New research from psychological science suggests that the...

John Neumann for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Mayo Clinic reports today that 45.8 percent of the nation’s doctors already suffer from symptoms of burnout and overwork. This is before millions of newly insured patients under the upcoming Affordable Care Act begin entering doctors’ offices. “The rates are higher than expected,” says lead author and physician Tait Shanafelt. “We expected maybe 1 out of 3. Before health care reform takes hold, it’s a concern that...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany, August 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nowadays, the requirements each individual faces daily are increasing enormously. Related to the zeitgeist multitasking is leaving its mark to numerous areas of our life, and time management develops to a permanent challenge. Fatigue, inactivity, concentration problems and sleeping disorders are often results and alarm signals of burnout. But how many people are really affected or at least at risk of the so-called...

Analysis: When financial incentives do more good than harm: A checklist Financial incentives (pay for performance) schemes for health professionals "can undermine motivation and worsen performance" warn US experts in an editorial published on bmj.com today. They also say that gaming of the system is rife. Their views are published alongside an analysis of the positive and negative effects of financial incentives led by Professor Paul Glasziou of Bond University in Australia. Glasziou...

SMS Audio and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Continue Program to Help Americans Facing Hunger CHICAGO, Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, welcomes music mogul and entrepreneur, 50 Cent, to its Entertainment Council as the newest celebrity supporter. Building on the existing partnership with his audio brand, SMS Audio, 50 Cent joins Entertainment Council celebrities from across the entertainment industry,...

Lorna Kleidman, creator of the training program KettleX, commends a Yahoo Australia article discussing steps toward self-confidence and the importance of feeling confident. Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 On August 9th, 2012, fitness expert Lorna Kleidman commends an article published on Yahoo! Finance Australia that solidifies the important correlation between success and self-assurance as well as discusses the several steps, from planning ahead to exercising, that can help people to...

Business Performance Linked to Motivational, Meaningful and Memorable Experiences CHICAGO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reward and recognition go hand in hand. The Site International Foundation and the Incentive Travel Council (ITC) of the Incentive Marketing Association have just released the final portion of their study, Incentive Travel: The Participant's Viewpoint, revealing that more than 86 percent of respondents feel recognized by earning motivational travel. The...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online According to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), nurse burnout costs hospitals millions of additional dollars annually and leads to higher healthcare-associated infection rates (HAIs). Researchers from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of...