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Bookminders has been offering a remote-first environment for our accountants since 1991, decades before COVID-19 forced a meteoric rise in remote work adoption throughout the world. In fact, while only… [Continue Reading]

Over the past several Newsminders articles, we’ve examined the five elements of the Surgeon General’s Framework for Mental Health and Well-Being. The Framework was created to give organizations a starting… [Continue Reading]

Ensuring Protection from Harm in the workplace depends on fulfilling the needs of safety and security. This final element of the Surgeon General’s Framework for Mental Health and Well-Being defines… [Continue Reading]

Creating Connection and Community in the workplace improves social connectivity, allowing for the development of “supportive relationships” not limited to “close family and friends”.1 These connections improve one’s engagement in… [Continue Reading]

The Opportunity for Growth element of the Surgeon General’s Framework for Mental Health and Well-Being is dependent on fulfilling the needs of learning and accomplishment. In this Framework, “learning is… [Continue Reading]

Meaning and dignity are central to the Mattering at Work element of the Surgeon General’s Framework for Mental Health and Well-Being. In this component, dignity refers to the “sense of… [Continue Reading]

The Surgeon General identifies flexibility and autonomy as integral to successfully providing the Framework’s element of Work-Life Harmony. As referenced in this Framework, flexibility is the “ability of workers to… [Continue Reading]

Over the past several years workers have reassessed what they value most from their employer while at the same time companies have examined how best to attract and retain employees.… [Continue Reading]