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Helpful Observation - Formal trade agreements and #production levels frequently impact prices - consumers may desire basic goods, yet the availability of certain items may impact consumer #behavior.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 27, 2018
Helpful Observation - Overall job skills, programs offering development opportunities, and compensation are important features and #business concerns of #organizations.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 24, 2018
Helpful Observation - Employee #Engagement measurement provides #organizations the ability to reward for areas of success, a means of seeking improvement - grounds to forecast, develop, and invest.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 23, 2018
Helpful Observation - In addition to regular social gatherings or social times, special social events may also be considered in a measurement of social #wellbeing. Regular healthful levels of social activities and other experiences may provide a depth to one's overall #wellbeing.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 22, 2018
Helpful Observation - The practice of a quiet #gratitude reflection, even for a few minutes during the evening, has been shown in studies to support cognitive areas such as calmness and #happiness.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 21, 2018
Helpful Observation - Community #Wellbeing may involve a sense of community within the larger town or regional community.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 20, 2018
Helpful Observation - In research observation studies, there are "rules" or "findings" of success, impact, and achievement. Many people encounter the 20% rule of influencers, there are also findings of approximately 10%, 5%, 2%, and 1% areas in which certain individuals are significant influencers. Within #potential, one's wellbeing could be improved by learning, measurement, and a consideration of overall #wellbeing. With awareness - areas of effort, investment, risk, and study may impact personal decisions or allow a greater vision for our personal lives.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 17, 2018
Helpful Observation - Financial #Wellbeing programs with employer-based incentives (influenced by financial planners) have often been highlighted in the #workforce. Compensation packages may include components of #potential and #behavior.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 16, 2018
Helpful Observation - Besides one's regular commitments and scheduled community activities, additional times to consider the context of Community #Wellbeing include: preparation for vacations and school sessions.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 15, 2018
Helpful Observation - "Flow" is a concept encompassing a level of comfort as a seeming reward or benefit, a recognition of #purpose, a level of guided productivity or fluidity, sustained desire, awareness of one's abilities - and appreciation for the possibilities of growth and achievement. #EmployeeEngagement #Happiness #Purpose
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 14, 2018
Helpful Observation - The concept of thriving is included in many #Organizational and Employee Engagement topics. #EmployeeEngagement
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 13, 2018
Helpful Observation - Subjective #Wellbeing Measurement includes reviewing how one's recent, personal day was experienced, the level of expression in the #wellbeing dimensions, and questionnaires with scaled responses.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 10, 2018
Helpful Observation - There are times a clear, significant #Purpose provides areas of guidance in one's life. There are times purposeful intent and quality service provide incremental steps of achievement.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 9, 2018
Helpful Observation - Employee Engagement programs often provide some meaning to the role one has in an #organization. #EmployeeEngagement
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 8, 2018
Helpful Observation - #Organizations often review their current processes and business models while also devoting some resources for available opportunities.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 7, 2018
Helpful Observation - #Happiness studies may include the perspectives that we have, the quality of our lives, and the impact of our relationships.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 6, 2018
Helpful Observation - Government Wellbeing Initiatives from a Global Perspective:
International Day of Happiness. March 20 was declared by the United Nations on June 28, 2012 to be the International Day of Happiness.
https://happinessday.org
The United States Census Bureau conducts measurement - including measurement in the area of well-being.
There are private firms in the U.S. that conduct research about particular dimensions of wellbeing; such dimensions may have importance from a community or regional perspective.
OECD and Wellbeing Measurement - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - (Your) Better Life: Material Living Conditions (Housing, Income, Jobs) & Quality of Life (Community, Education, Environment, Governance, Health, Life Satisfaction, Safety, and Work-Life Balance).
OECD (2018), What's the Better Life ?: Why choose 11 topics of well-being , OECD Publishing, Paris. www.oecd.org
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Personal wellbeing levels may vary from individual to individual based on a comparison of the dimensions. For example, I may have a higher level of financial wellbeing and another may have a higher level of social wellbeing when considering our values, experiences, areas of investment, desires, and potential in overall wellbeing … we may have similar levels of physical wellbeing, yet I may have a higher level of community wellbeing. With similar reasoning, regions may express different levels of wellbeing based on a comparison of the measurement of dimensions in particular nations.
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 4, 2018
Helpful Observation - Discussions of general happiness have taken place in society via famous university lectures, certain genres of books, emoji to a certain extent, #cognition papers featured in journals, and as themes within certain films and songs. When discussing positive thinking, some people may neglect the areas of reasonability, motivation, and context. Personally, I value the role of context in many discussions, and I know there are abilities that I utilize - that I have - and abilities that others may express. We may have our own positive thoughts, yet there may be practical actions that need to be implemented.
At a commencement ceremony May 8, 2010 in South Carolina, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben S. Bernanke discussed, "Why talk about happiness? Well, it's right there in the mission statement of the United States, the Declaration of Independence: The inalienable rights of Americans are 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.' If Thomas Jefferson thought it was important to facilitate the pursuit of happiness, maybe we should think a bit about what that means in practice." (https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20100508a.htm)
Examples of positive thinking or levels of thought include the areas of: Positive Visualization and practice by a player in a sporting event, time for personal development when desiring some improvement or seeking to be of service, and being aware of particular talents when considering relationships.
"Traditionally, when economists talk about happiness or satisfaction, they use a technical term, 'utility,' whose central role in both economics and philosophy goes back to the time of Thomas Jefferson--in particular, to the introduction of the 'utilitarian' approach in philosophy associated with Jeremy Bentham, an approach that has had a strong influence on economics." (footnote, https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20100508a.htm)
Thank you!
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 3, 2018
Helpful Observation - Examples of Wellness programs and offerings that may increase overall #wellbeing include: stress management tools, nutrition classes, and exercise programs.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - in 2017,
"Access to wellness programs varied more widely by occupation for workers in private industry than for workers in state and local government. In private industry, access to wellness programs ranged from 22 percent of workers in service occupations to 55 percent of workers in professional and related occupations. In state and local government, 59 percent of workers in service occupations had access to wellness programs, as did 66 percent of workers in production, transportation, and material moving occupations." https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2018/employee-access-to-wellness-programs-in-2017.htm
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 2, 2018
Helpful Observation - Views of basic #wellbeing may include:
Brent Stackhouse, MBA
August 1, 2018