by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | HBR
Insulin is a naturally occurring, glucose-lowering hormone used by many people with diabetes to control their blood sugar. In people with type 1 diabetes, supplemental insulin makes up for the insulin that is not produced by the body. People with type 2 diabetes may...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
anniepaddington/Getty Images A few months ago, a former client — let’s call her Kacie— called me to check in. I had supported her through her transition when she had joined a prestigious global financial services firm several months prior. Given how...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
anniepaddington/Getty Images A few months ago, a former client — let’s call her Kacie— called me to check in. I had supported her through her transition when she had joined a prestigious global financial services firm several months prior. Given how...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Andy Roberts/Getty Images This year, the unemployment rate in the U.S. hit a 49-year low of 3.7%. The demand for companies to retain top talent is intensifying. One report suggests that employee retention is the number one issue on the minds of CEOs today — not...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 3, 2018 | HBR
Are you counting down the days until you find yourself face-to-face with certain family members or friends who know exactly where your buttons lie and push them, repeatedly? While we all long for an abundance of good cheer, an overflow of ready affection, and easy...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images Voices against dual-class shares, which violate the principles of corporate democracy and the precept of “one share one vote,” have increased over time. An influential 50-member Investor Stewardship Group (ISG), overseeing...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Windsor & Wiehahn/Getty Images Sometimes the perfect job isn’t down the street, but rather thousands of miles — or perhaps even an ocean — away. If you’re offered a job in a different location, how do you know if it’s worth...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 3, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Feeling overwhelmed? Wondering how you’re going to get it all done? Wishing you could just lie down? You aren’t alone. The holidays can be stressful. Often, there’s a lot to do and a lot to buy and a lot of people to see. Sometimes we get so busy we have a hard time...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Alistair Berg/Getty Images General Motor’s announcement that it plans to idle five North American factories and cut 14,000 jobs has sparked much discussion in the media and outrage in Washington. While the job losses are a terrible blow to those workers and the...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Kolbz/Getty Images It’s a weekday and Jeff, the director of technology at Economical Insurance, kisses his daughter and waves goodbye as she enters the doors of her public school. Then, he either turns the car around and returns home for a day of remote work, or...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Kolbz/Getty Images It’s a weekday and Jeff, the director of technology at Economical Insurance, kisses his daughter and waves goodbye as she enters the doors of her public school. Then, he either turns the car around and returns home for a day of remote work, or...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Imgorthand/Getty Images Toys “R” Us is being resurrected for the holiday season. After filing for bankruptcy protection from creditors in September 2017, it closed all its stores in the United States and United Kingdom earlier this year. But on November...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
franckreporter/Getty Images It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. They’re often not transparent...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | HBR
Antibiotics can be lifesaving, but they can have serious downsides — including increasing the risk of obesity when they are given early in life, according to a recent study. Antibiotics kill bacteria. That can be a very good thing when the bacteria are causing a...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Altruistic people tend to score higher on many measures of life satisfaction. Yes, that seems counterintuitive, and such measures can admittedly be subjective. So a research team decided to explore the relationship between selflessness and two outcomes we are...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 30, 2018 | HBR
Antibiotics can be lifesaving, but they can have serious downsides — including increasing the risk of obesity when they are given early in life, according to a recent study. Antibiotics kill bacteria. That can be a very good thing when the bacteria are causing a...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 29, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Do you need a career makeover? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Dorie Clark, the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future. They talk through...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 29, 2018 | HBR
Science has shown us over and over again that the more meat we eat, the higher our risk of diabetes, heart disease, and strokes. Conversely, the more fruits and vegetables we eat, the lower our risk for these diseases, and the lower our body mass index. Why is eating...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 29, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. At Salt Lake City-based Intermountain...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 29, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
ferrantraite/Getty Images More than just lightly toasted, your brain feels singed. You’re burned out, and the cumulative stress makes it hard to decide what to eat for dinner, let alone come up with innovative ideas. But people are still expecting you to produce...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 29, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Comedian W. Kamau Bell discusses the challenges of finding common ground, even with people in your own family. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/w_kamau_bell
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
gregobage/Getty Images A wealth of research shows that female leaders, much more than their male counterparts, face the need to be warm and nice (what society traditionally expects from women), as well as competent or tough (what society traditionally expects from men...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai tackle climate change, discuss the Nissan-Renault soap opera, and share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast For interested listeners: The National Climate Assessment Some recent picks: The Man...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Thoth_Adan/Getty Images Algorithmic decision-making and artificial intelligence (AI) hold enormous potential and are likely to be economic blockbusters, but we worry that the hype has led many people to overlook the serious problems of introducing algorithms into...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | HBR
If you can’t stop picking your skin, you may have a very common condition called skin picking disorder (SPD). We all pick at a scab or a bump from time to time, but for those with SPD, it can be nearly impossible to control those urges. Apart from the cosmetic impact...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
At age 40, Joe Burton was not a mindful leader. He was the COO of an $8 billion company, working 12-hour days and weekends and making more than half a million dollars a year. But his body was paying the price: He was suffering from insomnia, asthma, and eight years of...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Data science can enable wholly new and innovative capabilities that can completely differentiate a company. But those innovative capabilities aren’t so much designed or envisioned as they are discovered and revealed through curiosity-driven tinkering by the data...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
pbombaert/Getty Images Most people would like to have a job, a boss, and a workplace they can engage with, as well as work that gives them a sense of purpose. This aspiration is embodied by a famous Steve Jobs statement: “Your work is going to fill a large part...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 28, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
At age 40, Joe Burton was not a mindful leader. He was the COO of an $8 billion company, working 12-hour days and weekends and making more than half a million dollars a year. But his body was paying the price: He was suffering from insomnia, asthma, and eight years of...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | HBR
For your entire life you have been bombarded with information about which diet is the best to help you lose weight. Like many other people, you might have tried one or even a dozen diets, but it took a bit of trial and error for you to find which diet worked for you....
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
James Detert, a professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, studies acts of courage in the workplace. His most surprising finding? Most people describe everyday actions — not big whistleblower scandals — when they cite courageous (or...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | HBR
For your entire life you have been bombarded with information about which diet is the best to help you lose weight. Like many other people, you might have tried one or even a dozen diets, but it took a bit of trial and error for you to find which diet worked for you....
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | HBR
For your entire life you have been bombarded with information about which diet is the best to help you lose weight. Like many other people, you might have tried one or even a dozen diets, but it took a bit of trial and error for you to find which diet worked for you....
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | HBR
For your entire life you have been bombarded with information about which diet is the best to help you lose weight. Like many other people, you might have tried one or even a dozen diets, but it took a bit of trial and error for you to find which diet worked for you....
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jakal Pan/Getty Images We’re used to thinking of high-tech innovation and startups as generated and clustered predominantly in fertile U.S. ecosystems, such as Silicon Valley, Seattle, and New York. But as with so many aspects of American economic ingenuity,...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Digital business reached a tipping point in 2018 as organizations scaled their digital capabilities. Eighty-seven percent of senior business leaders say that digitalization is now a priority and in many cases is a do-or-die imperative. In our surveys, more than 66% of...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Classen Rafael/Getty Images Blockchain has the power to change our world for the better in so many ways. It can provide unbanked people with digital wallets, prevent fraud, and replace outdated systems with more efficient ones. But we still need this new and...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Microzoa/Getty Images When setting team goals, many managers feel that they must maintain a tricky balance between setting targets high enough to achieve impressive results and setting them low enough to keep the troops happy. But the assumption that employees are...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 27, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
We understand that smartphone and social media overuse can be toxic for teens (and, frankly, for all of us). But do we understand why? When we know what it is about smartphones and social media that may be hurtful, we can better help our teens use their devices in...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
In this special live episode, we share stories, research, and practical advice for strategic self-disclosure, and then take questions from the audience. Download this podcast Guest: Katherine Phillips is a management professor at Columbia Business School. Sign up for...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | HBR
If you’re a smoker looking for another reason to quit, consider this: in addition to raising your risk of heart and lung disease, as well as cancers of the bladder and kidney, smoking could boost the odds that you will develop aggressive prostate cancer that...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | HBR
The new cholesterol guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association are out! These guidelines — last updated in 2013 — have been highly anticipated by the cardiology and broader medical community. They have been approved by a variety...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | HBR
The new cholesterol guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association are out! These guidelines — last updated in 2013 — have been highly anticipated by the cardiology and broader medical community. They have been approved by a variety...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Scott Olson/Getty Images Over the last several decades, women have made tremendous gains in many professions. Women physicians, for instance, were a rarity in the 1960s. Today, about 35% of physicians are women, and the representation will only increase as...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
kumacore/Getty Images It’s a dreadful moment when a well-liked member of your team tenders their resignation. You experience a cocktail of emotions ranging from fear about how the rest of the team will react, to frustration at having to add recruiting to your...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | HBR
The new cholesterol guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association are out! These guidelines — last updated in 2013 — have been highly anticipated by the cardiology and broader medical community. They have been approved by a variety...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night. —Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish You can...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 26, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
kumacore/Getty Images It’s a dreadful moment when a well-liked member of your team tenders their resignation. You experience a cocktail of emotions ranging from fear about how the rest of the team will react, to frustration at having to add recruiting to your...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 23, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Photographer is my life./Getty Images The current economic expansion is long by historical standards, and thus the risk of recession rises with each passing month. Recessions catch many companies by surprise, with predictable results. In the 2001 recession, total...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 23, 2018 | HBR
Right now the world is experiencing an epidemic that is projected to get much, much worse. It’s an epidemic of dementia, affecting 40 million people — and millions more of their caregivers — staggering numbers that will likely triple by 2050. Dementia is a progressive...
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