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Gallup's annual Work and Education poll asked Americans who are employed full or part time to estimate the number of hours that they and, separately, their co-workers waste or are unproductive during a typical work day. On average, workers ...

This emerging management discipline -- based on principles of behavioral economics -- can help business leaders and executives make sense of the economic behavior of real people and serve as a platform for effective management solutions.

Who better to predict where the Net is heading than one of its creators, Vinton Cerf? In this wide-ranging interview -- the first of two parts -- Dr. Cerf tells how the Internet was born and how it will continue to impact business in the future. ...

U.S. hospitals are facing the critical problem of rising nursing vacancy and turnover rates, but many leaders don't understand just how complex the challenge is. Curing the nursing shortage requires a heavy dose of innovative recruiting, ...

The Medical Center of Plano has always been viable -- but viable isn't acceptable in a town with 29 other world-class hospitals. To increase market share and profitability, this HCA hospital had to find a way to beat its competition. Here's how ...

The Positive Psychology movement offers rich possibilities for executives who want to improve company performance by unleashing human potential. Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., is on the vanguard of this movement. In an interview, she shares ...

A deeply felt sense of purpose in life leads to excellence. Human beings want to belong to something of significance and meaning. They want to know they are making a difference, contributing to an important endeavor. The best workplaces give ...

In many European countries, secularization has greatly increased over the last few decades. However, the new European Union is made up of an incredibly diverse group of countries with vastly different histories and cultural norms. Trust in ...

In the aftermath of the recent shootings in the nation's schools, more people are calling for a return to traditional family values including prayer in the classrooms. Once a daily staple for many schools, prayer in the public schools was banned ...

Dr. Joseph LeDoux, a world-renowned expert in the study of human emotion, offers practical advice on how to calm down angry customers, how to read the physical characteristics of customer engagement, and why salespeople should strive to be as ...