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• The wonder of the vagus nerve and how it impacts your well-being

  Victoria Fann Mental Healthcare

  What is the vagus nerve? A 2013 article in Frontiers in Psychiatry describes it this way, "The vagus nerve represents the main component of the parasympathetic nervous system, which oversees a vast array of crucial bodily functions, including control of mood, immune response, digestion, and heart rate. It establishes one of the connections between the brain and the gastrointestinal tract and sends information about the state of the inner organs to the brain via afferent fibers." What does this have to do with stress? Everything.

• Study: Teaching hospitals are no more expensive than nonteaching ones

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  While the perception may be otherwise, the facts tell us something different: Major teaching hospitals are less expensive compared with nonteaching hospitals over the course of an entire episode of care and the costs incurred at 30 days, researchers found. This the major finding after researchers analyzed 1.2 million Medicare hospitalizations for common medical and surgical conditions. Researchers said that when they expanded the "time window" to 90 days into the episode of care for a surgical procedure and subsequent treatment, spending at major teaching hospitals was actually lower on post-acute care and readmissions than nonteaching hospitals. Initial hospitalizations were more expensive, however.

• Adapting hotel design for bleisure travel

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  One the biggest trends in the hospitality industry today, bleisure travel has hotels vying with one another to lure travelers to their properties as destination locations suitable for combined business and relaxation activities. As is often the case in hospitality, they are adapting a hotel’s design as well as its operations to provide the atmosphere and amenities bleisure travelers are seeking. With demanding travel and work schedules, more and more of today’s business travelers, seeking to adjust their work-life balance, are extending their stays to engage in leisure and wellness activities.

• How to use negotiating to get what you want

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  According to the Rolling Stones, "You can’t always get what you want." However, with the right negotiation skills, you just might find you get what you need and what you want. If you want to succeed in business — and in life — you need to learn how to negotiate successfully. Martin E. Latz, founder and CEO of Latz Negotiation, is an expert on this topic, and is the author of "Gain the Edge! Negotiating to Get What You Want." Latz has five golden rules of negotiation. MultiBriefs asked him to provide insight on the first rule: "Information is Power — So Get It!"

• 5 business lessons from the NBA Finals

  Linda Popky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  The three-peat was not to be. The two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors, struggling to keep their title for a third straight year, lost to the Toronto Raptors in the sixth game of the recent NBA Finals. The Raptors stayed the course — with outstanding offense and defense — to win the franchise’s first championship. They played consistently well, limited the playing time of their key players during the regular season so they would be healthy for the playoffs, and handled everything the depleted Warriors team continued to throw at them. Here are five lessons from the NBA’s championship series for us in business.

• A bit of advice on how to manage a micromanager boss

  Roberta Matuson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  I was recently asked the following question: "What do you do if you like your job but your boss is a micromanager who doesn’t have a clue how to manage projects, and his boss put him in that position due to nepotism?" Micromanagement is about lack of trust. The person who is micromanaging doesn’t believe anyone can do something as well as he or she can. Once you understand this, you’ll be better able to manage a micromanaging boss.

• Understanding principal turnover

  Brian Stack Education

  For me, this is about the time of the year when some of my teachers will come to me and ask me if I am planning to leave the school at the end of the year. "If you leave, I leave!" is a common phrase I hear from them. The truth is, I’m not looking to leave. I have a high level of job satisfaction, and I am excited to go to work every day in an effort to work with my team and my staff to make a difference for the 700 students that we serve. I wish more of my principal colleagues could feel the same way about their school and their situation.

• Is Amazon’s departure from restaurant delivery permanent?

  Linchi Kwok Food & Beverage

  Amazon Restaurants, a food delivery app like UberEats, will officially close on June 24. Amazon entered the restaurant delivery business in Seattle in 2015, but it has been struggling to compete with UberEats, Grubhub, Postmates, and DoorDash — the four dominant players in the market that control 93% of market share. While it may seem like a smart decision for Amazon to end its restaurant delivery service at this point, I do not believe the company wants to give up this business just yet. When the timing is "right" again, Amazon will very likely get back to the restaurant delivery service, possibly through integration with its fresh-food grocery delivery service.

• Media trends marketers must know from the Mary Meeker Report

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  For marketers, it’s like Christmas in July! The 2019 Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report recently published. For 20-plus years, this industry-defining report has captured how consumers in the U.S. and across the globe are using the internet and interacting with media. Don’t worry! We broke down the 300-plus-page report into an easy-to-scan list with the insights you need to make informed marketing decisions for the rest of 2019.

• Employee relocation costs: What to consider

  Michael Krasman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Does your company have an employee relocation program? If not, you’re undoubtedly wondering if you should; if so, you’re undoubtedly wondering how to make it more cost-effective. There’s no question: relocation benefits can be expensive. Case in point: it can cost nearly $100,000 to relocate an established employee who owns a home! Move just a few people and costs add up fast. Yet, nearly two-thirds of U.S. employers have relocation programs in place for one excellent reason: it’s crucial to attracting and retaining top talent.

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