Ember Carriers Blog » Social responsibility http://www.embercarriers.com/blog From Possibility to Results Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:00:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=434 Managing the ‘Very’ Difficult Employee http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2011/10/17/managing-the-very-difficult-employee/ http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2011/10/17/managing-the-very-difficult-employee/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:00:10 +0000 http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/?p=386

'Problem' Employees

A new study, by Susan L. Ettner, Joanna Catherine MacLean, and Michael T. French indicated that:

  • 18 percent of adult men
  • 16 percent of adult women

have personality disorders that adversely affect how they think and act in the workplace. The study examined personality disorders through face-to-face interviews …

]]> http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2011/10/17/managing-the-very-difficult-employee/feed/ 14 Mindfulness as a Tool for Organizational and Social Change http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2011/02/28/mindfulness-as-a-tool-for-organizational-and-social-change/ http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2011/02/28/mindfulness-as-a-tool-for-organizational-and-social-change/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:00:24 +0000 http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/?p=161 Most discussions of corporate social responsibility focus on actions and decisions at the corporate, organizational level, but it also involves individuals that are considering the costs and benefits of social responsibility factors. Pravir Malik, an organizational change consultant began a project to examine mindfulness in the workplace as a tool …

]]> http://www.embercarriers.com/blog/2011/02/28/mindfulness-as-a-tool-for-organizational-and-social-change/feed/ 76