Bob Merberg

I’m Bob Merberg and Heigh Ho is my biweekly newsletter with gritty, factual storytelling that makes sense of work and working life. I have 20+ years leading some of the most highly acclaimed employee wellbeing programs in the US. Heigh Ho — Work and Working Life: https://heighho.substack.com

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"The Batman of Worker Health" and NIOSH Face a New Villain
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Almost 10 years ago, I wrote a post about John Howard, a hero of worker health. Today’s a good time to reshare it. In retrospect, its "hook" — the …
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Flow: An Animated Masterpiece with Subtle Lessons for Leaders and Teams
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To develop the traits needed for leadership and teamwork, we should immerse ourselves in art, especially storytelling in the forms of fiction, audio, …
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Trump's Attack on Workers: How HR and Wellness Associations Are Responding
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Today’s AI assisted conversation is based on Bob Merberg’s article, “New Threats to Employee Wellbeing: How HR and Wellness Associations Are (And …
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New Threats to Employee Wellbeing: How HR and Wellness Associations Are (And Aren't) Meeting the Moment
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Employee wellbeing faces mounting challenges as the new administration takes action on multiple fronts (for example, by trying to gut the Equal …
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Loneliness
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I can't say I've researched loneliness. It's certainly a hot topic in employee wellbeing, amplified in the US when the Surgeon General issued a …
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Promote Managers Internally or Hire Externally?
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I've been neck-deep lately examining the Peter Principle, which posits that…People in hierarchies tend to get promoted to their level of …