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(Photo: Joe Rondone/Democrat) Chamber honors Lawson The U.S. Chamber of Commerce presented U.S. Rep. Al Lawson, D-Tallahassee, with its annual Spirit of Enterprise Award in recognition of his pro-growth and pro-job policies, the congressman's office said. Lawson, in a release, said he is working for more job creation and economic growth. "While the government at times can focus on assisting large businesses, which is important, guaranteeing that foundations are laid so smaller business can succeed are also equally as important," he said. Weissert to discuss CRC Carol Weissert, director of the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University, will discuss proposed legislation affecting the Constitution Revision Commission during Tuesday's meeting of the Progressive Democrats. It will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Uptown Cafe, 1325 Miccosukee Road. For more info, contact Dave Jacobsen at 385-6504 or davejacobsen@msn.com. Talk to focus on campus debate The Village Square will host three academics during its Dinner at the Square series on Tuesday, April 16. Musa al Gharbi of the Heterodox Academy and Columbia University, Sam Staley of the DeVoe Moore Center at FSU and the Reason Foundation and Shane Whittington of the FSU Center for Leadership & Social Change will discuss the state of debate on campus. It will be held at 6 p.m. at Miller Hall, Doak Campbell Stadium, Building C. For tickets, visit https://tlh.villagesquare.us/event/berkeley-byu/ Send political news & nuggets to Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com.

I recently conducted a study on a broad range of workplace issues, including how the stress of our increasingly divisive politics is affecting worker health, productivity and relationships with colleagues. But politics seem to be dividing Americans more and more. Over a quarter said political divisions have increased their stress levels, making it harder to get things done. For example, back in September 2016, 17 percent of those surveyed by the American Psychological Association said they felt tense or stressed out as a result of political discussions at work. The association did a follow-up survey in May 2017 already revealing increased stress levels, a drop in worker productivity and other consequences following the election of Donald Trump. My data put it at 26 percent. What managers can do After conducting this study, I wondered what company managers are doing about politics-related stress in the workplace. The key point is that the business leaders I spoke with tended to agree that managers need to get their heads out of the sand and address the problem head on. At the end of the day, there’s little companies can do about how politically divided the nation becomes. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.