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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below information on the new series from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) on Workplace Mental Health<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are free webinars open to all Michigan employers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Clare<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Library Law Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">MembielaC@michigan.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003D50">Mental Health in the Workplace: New 3-Part Webinar Series Format<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The new year brings exciting changes and new initiatives to the Workplace Mental Health Campaign including a re-vamped webinar series.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">In response to the positive feedback we’ve received, we’re introducing a new format for our webinars that will allow us to dive deeper into key topics and provide a richer, more detailed
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">Each webinar will focus on the same topic, but will expand each time to address following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">This three-part series is designed to guide managers in effectively addressing and reducing technostress—a growing concern in today’s technology-driven work environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. will kick off the first Mental Health in the Workplace webinar series of 2025! The three webinars will focus on technostress and will feature guest speaker
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Ashley Nixon</span></strong> of Willamette University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The first part of the series introduces the concept of technostress and explores how constant technological changes, information overload, and the pressure to stay connected can negatively
affect employees' productivity, well-being, and job satisfaction. The section also explains why technostress is a critical issue for both individuals and organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003D50">Episode 2: The Role of Organizational Leaders and HR in Mitigating Technostress<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The second part emphasizes the importance of leadership in creating a culture that prioritizes well-being and manages technological demands. Organizational leaders and HR departments
must work together to set the tone for reducing technostress by establishing clear policies, offering support systems, and ensuring that technology tools serve the employees' needs, not hinder them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232">The final part of the series focuses on the role of managers and peers in identifying and alleviating technostress on a day-to-day basis. Managers are on the front lines and can directly
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