This page contains a number of links to resources that provide additional and insightful information on the value and benefits of psychometric assessments.
According to a UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School study, the benefits of mindfulness can lead to “improvements in innovative thinking, communication skills and more appropriate reactions to stress”.
Worker, Interrupted: The Cost of Task Switching
Kermit Pattison’s write up of an interview with Gloria Mark, professor in the Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine
“…office workers are interrupted or self-interrupt every three minutes during the day with distraction coming from both digitial and human forms”
“…on average, employees visit Facebook 21 times a day and check email 74 times” – Wall Street Journal, published by Mark
“Productivity rests on focused human attention.” –
by Jeanne Meister
“…in the last decade, mindfulness has been used inside companies to lower health costs, increase employee productivity, help employees stay “on task” and reduce employee stress through a combination of breathing techniques and mental relaxation”
by David Gelles
“…mindfulness has gone mainstream with companies as diverse as Google, Aetna, General Mills and Target, all having built extensive programmes to foster mindful practices among their workers”
by Jeanne Meister
“…in the last decade, mindfulness has been used inside companies to lower health costs, increase employee productivity, help employees stay “on task” and reduce employee stress through a combination of breathing techniques and mental relaxation”