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The Right Mindset for a Job Interview

November 22, 2011

Job hunting with chronic illness or episodic disability. Thinking about what value you bring to an organization, rather than what the organization can do for you, will help you land that job – even if you are sick.

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Chronic Illness and lost productivity – video

July 26, 2011

Productivity loss due to chronic illness in the workplace is more than a trillion dollars a year in the U.S. alone. That about 7% of Gross Domestic Product. Imagine 7% of all the goods and services your organization produces in a year – gone! That is a lot of money being lost by each and every business every day. Yet few organizations have a strategy to better engage the one-third of their workforce who have a chronic health condition.

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Workplace flexibility better than benefit cuts

June 2, 2011

Building a foundation where people with unpredictable and long term illness can work and be productive should be a higher priority than simply slashing disability benefits.

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The Trillion Dollar Problem

June 22, 2010

Chronic illness costs over a trillion dollars a year in lost productivity. How much is a trillion dollars?

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Seven ways to improve employee wellness and break the stigma of chronic illness

June 2, 2010

Breaking the stigma of chronic illness at work and improving employee wellness starts with these seven steps.

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Business and employees suffer when illness is kept a secret

May 19, 2010

Reducing presenteeism and making work a better place for everyone. Being open about illness has many advantages.

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