Sheldon Yellen, right, CEO of Belfor Property Restoration with employee Jason Foster in 2015. Some leaders say workplace hugging is part of a broader trend as offices become more casual and the lines between life and work blur. Mr. Yellen, the CEO, says a Belfor worker once hugged him so hard he broke three of his ribs, sending him to the hospital. The injury hasn’t slowed Mr. Yellen, who estimates he gives hundreds of hugs a week. “We don’t just hug for the sake of hugging,” Ted Baker CEO Ray Kelvin says.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 16, 2017 22:07 UTC