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Try This Wildly Successful Scandinavian Technique to Make Work Comfy for Employees: It’s Called ‘Hygge’
The Danes, after all, are the second happiest group of people on Earth. So maybe they're on to something.
Andre Lavoie is the CEO of ClearCompany, the talent-management solution that helps companies identify, hire and retain more A players. You can connect with him and the ClearCompany team on Facebook LinkedIn and Twitter.
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