by HappyQuotient | Nov 8, 2017 | HBR
Is Your Favorite Boss Leaving? Seven Ways To CopeDon’t place the responsibility for your happiness in the hands of others when there is a strong chance they won’t be with you for your entire career. Source: Forbes Coaches Is Your Favorite Boss Leaving? Seven Ways To...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 26, 2017 | HBR
What Are Your Happiness Strengths and Weaknesses?Not sure what you need to do to increase your happiness? Make faster progress by focusing on the skills you are weaker at. Source: PsyToday – Happiness What Are Your Happiness Strengths and Weaknesses?View On...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 23, 2017 | HBR
Can Social-Emotional Skills Strengthen Democracy?We live in a democracy, but many Americans do not vote. Turnout in presidential election years hovers around 60 percent, and it can be much lower otherwise. What’s going on? Perhaps many voters do not feel informed...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 20, 2017 | HBR
You Don’t Find Your Purpose — You Build ItDamien Gavios/EyeEm/Getty Images “How do I find my purpose?” Ever since Daniel Gulati, Oliver Segovia, and I published Passion & Purpose six years ago, I’ve received hundreds of questions — from younger and older people...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 20, 2017 | HBR
How Teens Today Are Different from Past GenerationsEvery generation of teens is shaped by the social, political, and economic events of the day. Today’s teenagers are no different—and they’re the first generation whose lives are saturated by mobile technology and...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 20, 2017 | BLOG, Coaching, DEVELOPMENT, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Health, Hubspot, Inspire, Social Media, Tips, Trending, Wellness
I cannot tell you the number of times I’ve deactivated Facebook, re-joined, and deactivated again, only to repeat the process. It began last fall, where much of social media was full of contention and — as it was later revealed — dripping with...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 19, 2017 | HBR
The Absolute Best Way to Start Your Happiness JourneyAre you ready to jumpstart your happiness. Here’s some tips for getting started on the right foot. Source: PsyToday – Happiness The Absolute Best Way to Start Your Happiness JourneyView On...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 17, 2017 | HBR
What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?Denys Argyriou/unsplash Stressed? Depressed? Distracted? Overwhelmed? The cognitive and emotional demands on managers have rarely been more complicated or intense. One recent global research...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 16, 2017 | HBR
Are You Confusing Comfort With Happiness?Discover the four pillars of meaning, why our culture has an obsession with happiness, and why happiness can’t be pursued. Source: PsyToday – Happiness Are You Confusing Comfort With Happiness?View On...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 14, 2017 | HBR
3 Hidden Ways Natural Disasters Hurt HappinessWith this recent series of earthquakes, record-breaking hurricanes, and fires – it seems more important than ever to discuss the impacts of natural disasters on human happiness. Source: PsyToday – Happiness 3 Hidden Ways...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 13, 2017 | HBR
Take This Quiz to Figure Out How to Be Happier at WorkWe all want to be happy on the job, but what does that actually mean? Is it just being satisfied in your job? Does it mean having fun at work? Are we happy when working conditions are good, our days are enjoyable,...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 13, 2017 | BLOG, Coaching, Content, DEVELOPMENT, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Tips, Tips / How To, Trending, Wellness
This article originally appeared on Content Writers – Please find it here. I remember the days when I longed to be paid to write. I would daydream during my job of having the flexibility to work for myself, at least part of the time. I had images of sitting in...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 12, 2017 | HBR
VIDEO: The What, How, When, and Why of Happiness The What, How, When, and Why of Happiness By Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D. – December 2008 Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Originally from Russia, she received...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 12, 2017 | HBR
How to Argue with Your Partner in a Healthy WayRobert W. Levenson, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, studies how couples interact, looking for clues to marital stability and satisfaction. In his latest research, Levenson has found...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 11, 2017 | HBR
Friendship at Work Can Be Tricky – But also Life-SavingFriendships at work are critical for happiness and success – but you have to manage them with skill Source: PsyToday – Happiness Friendship at Work Can Be Tricky – But also Life-SavingView On...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 11, 2017 | HBR
A couple of summers ago, I traveled to the steamy cauldron of central Florida to speak at the WorkHuman conference. Nearly 1,500 human resource professionals were in attendance, eager to hear from luminaries like Arianna Huffington and Rob Lowe (probably more than...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2017 | HBR
The Rise of Behavioral Economics and Its Influence on OrganizationsRichard Thaler, the University of Chicago professor who just won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, has inspired scholars across different disciplines and fundamentally changed the way we...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2017 | HBR
The Life-Changing Impact of Friendship – Even at WorkFriendships at work are critical for happiness and success – but you have to manage them with skill Source: PsyToday – Happiness The Life-Changing Impact of Friendship – Even at WorkView On...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2017 | HBR
The Life-Changing (but tricky) Impact of Friendships at WorkFriendships at work are critical for happiness and success – but you have to manage them with skill Source: PsyToday – Happiness The Life-Changing (but tricky) Impact of Friendships at WorkView On...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2017 | HBR
What is Your Phone Doing to Your Relationships?Phubbing is the practice of snubbing others in favor of our mobile phones. We’ve all been there, as either victim or perpetrator. We may no longer even notice when we’ve been phubbed (or are phubbing), it has become such...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | HBR
Forming Stronger Bonds with People at WorkConnecting with others is at the heart of human nature. Recent research emphasizes that the power of connections can help us be creative, resilient, even live longer. But we can easily overlook the importance of these bonds....
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | HBR
When Trust Hits Rough Waters, Flow Like a River Source: Fotolia_171064196_XS copy If you’ve lived long enough, you’ve most likely experienced a close relationship where trust had been broken.
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary When confronting an abusive supervisor, employees often assume they have two choices: confrontation or avoidance. But new research suggests a third option: Targets of abuse can flip the script, shifting the balance of power in their favor when bosses...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary We all know that in the modern economy, we can’t just stop learning. But how to keep educating ourselves is a complicated question. Is it a worthwhile investment to get a formal degree, like an MBA or PhD? Should you take a more targeted approach,...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary The variables that make for a successful innovation program are independent of whether the company is seeking disruptive or incremental innovations. It doesn’t matter whether they’re asking for process or product innovation, what industry the company...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Top coaches offer insights on leadership development & careers. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Post written by Camille Preston CEO, speaker, author and renowned coach, Camille ignites leaders to find focus, unlock energy, reach peak...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | HBR
Is It Healthy to Have More Variety in Your Emotions?How often do you feel happy, enthusiastic, amused, inspired, or calm on a given day? For more than a decade, researchers have been uncovering a link between positive emotions and better health, particularly for...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary It’s time that retailers re-think their approach to the holiday shopping season. It no longer makes sense to rely on disproportionate revenue from the holiday season to make up for softness in sales during the rest of the year. Customers don’t want...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Courtesy: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg When you decide to start applying for jobs and running a job search, many variables can affect how well you do and, maybe most importantly, how confidentially you move through the process. Keeping your digital footprint quiet while...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | HBR
Can You Take A Moment? Source: Life Of Pix_232 Images/Pixabay Can you take a moment? The Practice:Lower your stress Why?
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Top coaches offer insights on leadership development & careers. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Post written by Donald Hatter Donald Hatter is a best-selling author, speaker and expert on teaching professionals and businesses how to...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Top coaches offer insights on leadership development & careers. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Guest post written by Edith Onderick-Harvey Managing Partner, NextBridge Consulting. Helping clients bridge today’s challenges and...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2017 | BLOG, BUSINESS, Coaching, DEVELOPMENT, Emotional Intelligence, HBR, Health, Inspire, Management Tips, Tips, Trending, Wellness
When you’re trying to come up with a creative solution to a problem, you might be tempted to buckle down and focus until you solve it. But recent research shows that taking breaks at regular intervals leads to better outcomes. Set a timer for a certain amount of time,...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary The pressure of tight deadlines and the pace of technology mean that fewer Americans are finding friendship in the workplace. But connecting with others at work shouldn’t be a nice to have. Research shows that having high-quality connections can help...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary To be successful, young workers need to be seen as credible before they have had the opportunity to build expertise from the ground up. It’s an incredibly difficult obstacle for younger workers in their first job to overcome. But there are five...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Shutterstock As an executive headhunter and coach observing emotional intelligence and helping others develop this crucial 21st-century ability, I continue to validate time and again how EQ development requires a willingness to deepen your authenticity and...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Top coaches offer insights on leadership development & careers. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Post written by Virginia Franco Expert Executive Resume Writer and Career Strategist, applying years in journalism and communications to create...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary Despite more evidence about the benefits of the increasing the number women on boards, 2016 saw a decline in the percent of women on U.S. corporate boards. Considering how much influence CEOs have over board appointments, they can do a better job of...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Top coaches offer insights on leadership development & careers. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Post written by LaKesha Womack Published author, international speaker, political strategist, and business/marketing consultant at Womack...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Christy Whitman is a CEO, Transformational Leader, Celebrity Coach and the New York Times Bestselling Author of “The Art of Having It All.” Shutterstock </div> </div> <p>Fulton John Sheen once <a...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | Forbes Coaches
Top coaches offer insights on leadership development & careers. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Post written by Deberah Bringelson One of the most profit-producing business experts in the world, Deberah is best known for landing the Virgin...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 6, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
It can be awkward to give constructive feedback to someone who’s not in the same room as you, but if you manage remote employees, you’ll have to do it. Set up a video conference, and be sure to position your camera at eye level; any lower will make it seem as though...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Dorie Clark, a marketing strategy consultant, answers a burning question: how do people make money off of what they know? She outlines the options for experts who want to monetize their knowledge. Clark explains, using herself and other successful solopreneurs as...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | HBR
4 Risk Factors for Burnout—and How to Overcome Them Source: Pixabay Work-life balance is one of the things I struggle with most when it comes to building my personal
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | HBR
Four Risk Factors for Burnout — And How to Overcome Them Source: Pixabay Work-life balance was one of the things I struggle with most when it comes to building my personal
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary The best way to truly win the hearts and minds of people, and generate huge returns for your organization and its stakeholders, is by leading with civility. This means spending a considerable amount of effort acknowledging people’s contributions,...
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
What is a “smart” society? While flights of imagination from science-fiction writers, filmmakers, and techno-futurists involve things like flying cars and teleportation, in practice smart technology is making inroads in a piecemeal fashion, often in rather banal...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary Since the beginning of 2016, the financial performance of hospitals and health systems in the United States has significantly worsened. This deterioration is striking because it is occurring at the top of an economic cycle with, as yet, no funding...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | HBR
The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happinessI have always considered myself a happy person, even though I may not always look it thanks to inheriting my father’s furrowed brow. Are there times when I’m not happy? Of course....
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary Rarely do people ask, “How many people can actually run a large, publicly traded company?” The answer to this question is critical in determining whether CEO pay is excessive, because an important part of the value equation for any CEO position is...
