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Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Leading with Heart: The Transformative Power of Empathetic Leadership

Research suggests that empathy is a skill that can be honed and is beneficial to all. Empathetic leadership is an art form to convey to your team that you value them as individuals, all while maintaining a keen focus on the organization’s success.

SSP Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study Results Available

A sneak peek at the Individual results from the SSP’s Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study provides insight into who has participated and reveals some interesting benefits of working in scholarly communications.

Building a Neuro-inclusive Workplace

Organizations that do not actively include and support neurodivergent individuals risk missing out on exceptional talents and undermining employees’ ability to work to their full potential.

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 21: SSP President Interview with Heather Staines

This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast welcomes current SSP President Heather Staines to chat about her career trajectory, plans and goals for her presidency, and advice for Early Career Professionals.

Revisiting Mental Health Mondays

A look back, highlighting posts with helpful information on supporting workplace mental wellbeing

Mental Health Mondays: Occupational Burnout Prevention and Recovery

What is burnout, and how can individuals, as well as companies combat this systemic workplace problem?

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., and Sage Forge a New Relationship

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., an independent publisher focused on cutting edge biotechnology research, has been acquired by Sage. In this interview, the company’s namesake shares her future vision of the company under Sage ownership as well as her reflections on over 40 years of STM publishing.

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — An Introduction to Psychological Safety

Before we are scholarly publishers — or employees, or managers, or colleagues — we are humans. Fostering psychological safety in the workplace respects this basic truth and paves the way for business success.

Guest Post: The Perennial Question of Librarian Credentialing

A new survey looks at the philosophies and practices around librarian credentialing in the United States.

Growth Without Burnout: Managing Polarities Consciously for Sustainable Success in Publishing

A relentless push for growth can lead to burnout among authors, editors, and reviewers, while also placing undue pressure on organizations to maintain high levels of output. How can we better provide the infrastructure and support systems needed to sustain that growth over the long term.

Filling the Gap: SSP Launches a Global Compensation Benchmarking Study for Scholarly Communications Professionals and Organizations

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is launching a new global Compensation and Benefits Benchmarking Study to fill a long-standing gap in the industry

SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast Episode 20: Industry Primer — University Presses and Their Unique Role in Scholarly Publishing

This episode of SSP’s Early Career Development Podcast serves as a primer on university presses: how the university press model and structure can differ or align from the traditional for-profit model, what books and journal operations look like in this environment, and how to break into the university press world. Dawn Durante, the Wyndham Robertson Editorial Director at the University of North Carolina Press addresses these key themes and guides listeners to a plethora of resources to learn more. Hosted by Meredith Adinolfi (Cell Press) and Sara Grimme (Digital Science).

Guest Post: How Digital Humanities Promote Social-Emotional Skills

While digital humanities students develop fundamental digital literacy skills, digital humanities courses, internships, and centers teach students critical social-emotional skills.

Mental Health Awareness Mondays — Supporting our people at IOP Publishing: A Strategic Imperative in a Changing Publishing Landscape

Dr. Mikka Lene Pers discusses how a company can prioritize the health and happiness of its employees to not only enhance individual wellbeing but also contribute to the overall success and resilience of the organization.

Mental Health Awareness Mondays: The Mental Health Effects of Bullies in the Scholarly Publishing Workplace

We often think of bullying as a childhood issue, but people can take that behavior to the workplace. The scourge of workplace bullying, and its harmful effects on mental health, needs to be recognized and addressed.

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