Managing Employee Energy Challenges for Leaders | UNC Exec-Dev

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This white paper provides insights for leaders on employee energy based on research conducted by UNC Professor Michael Christian.

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Key Highlights

This resource will examine:

How mindfulness impacts our ability to bounce back from negative events
How sleep deprivation leads to misconduct
How working through an illness instead of taking time off impacts an employee’s output

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