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Why Japan wants its citizens to try a 4-day workweek

Work Life

The concept has been slow to catch on, however; about 8% of companies in Japan allow employees to take three or more days off per week, while 7% give their workers the legally mandated one day off, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Long hours are the norm. ” “Work is a big deal here. Fast Retailing Co.,

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How to manage conflict on your team when you’ve been avoiding it forever

Work Life

While healthy conflicts can boost innovation and creativity , left unchecked they can also impede collaboration, cut into productivity , and even harm employees’ mental and physical health. I worked with one global pharmaceutical client that was struggling to adapt to rapid growth as the demand for a blockbuster drug skyrocketed.

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Much of U.S. Healthcare Is Broken: How to Fix It (Chapter 2, Part 6)

Mad in America

If one reads the ADM literature, it is quite apparent that the pharmaceutical industry—with the help of psychiatry—since day one has been involved in a cover up of the dangerousness of these drugs. of the drugs reviewed had two or fewer cases of violence, which is reassuring for most pharmaceuticals.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Mad in America

To enable this to happen, a new group of drugs, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) forced regulators into a creative maneuver. Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. According to legal and clinical definitions of evidence, there is no evidence in company assays.

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. The following is a guest post by Russell Bishop.

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An interview with Admin Awards Founder, Sunny Nunan, by Executive Support Magazine

Backbone Blog

Colleen is the legendary Legal Secretary to the late Herb Kelleher, the Founder of Southwest Airlines. There was a winner in one of our cities whose leader was the Chief Medical Officer for a global pharmaceutical company.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

Mad in America

With the explosion of more and more drugs in cabinets across the country, more and more children are dying—but still, pharmaceutical companies push their products, leading to yet more drugs and yet more deaths. Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, in our village community the pain of losing a single child was felt by all.