7 ways to give employees the gift of rest

As we round the corner to year two of living through a pandemic, many workers have reported a feeling of tiredness, brain fog, and weariness. As leaders, it’s our duty to give employees the rest they need and deserve to ensure successful and productive days in the workplace.

In a recent article from People Equation, Jennifer Miller identifies 7 different ways to combat this feeling of fatigue that employees tend to fight with every day:

1. Physical

Even though working from a desk is by nature, sedentary, there remain detrimental physical tolls with this type of work. Too much time spent in front of a screen with shoulders hunched impacts how one’s body feels. As leaders, consider how you’ve configured the work your organization does, and if you are inadvertently contributing to a lack of simple body movement that can help reinvigorate a body.

 

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