After The Institute of Internal Auditors laid off roughly 25 staffers earlier this year, JoAnn Clayton, the group’s director of human resources, went searching for a way to improve the morale and reduce the workplace stress of the group’s remaining 120 employees. She found it on the massage table. The idea started late last year, when the IIA offered employees massages at the group’s annual meeting. It was a hit. “Everyone was like, ‘Wow, this is an excellent idea,’” Clayton told CEO Update. In the ensuing months, as jobs were cut at the group and employees’ workloads increased, Clayton realized that increasing staff morale and diminishing stress were more important than… Read More