by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Patrick George/Getty Images Imagine you’re drafting an email about a sensitive project when you realize you need to keep your supervisor in the loop. You decide to Bcc her on the email. Later, the rest of the team finds out. How does this make them feel? Email...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Leadership training can make a huge difference in preparing professionals to advance in their careers and succeed in leadership roles. Many companies offer leadership education programs to high-potential employees, but these programs...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
PM Images/Getty Images In 2010, Google rocked the $60 billion broadband industry by announcing plans to deploy fiber-based home internet service, offering connections up to a gigabit per second — 100 times faster than average speeds at the time. Google Fiber, as...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
CSA Images/Getty Images Despite the $15 billion companies spend annually on managerial and leadership development, bad bosses are common in the American workforce. A study by Life Meets Work found that 56% of American workers claim their boss is mildly or...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
By now, you may have heard the news that helping others is good for your well-being, too. For example, studies suggest that people who spend money on others become happier and actually reduce their blood pressure. Other research has found that people who volunteer...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 7, 2018 | HBR
When I’m dragging and feeling tired during the occasional low-energy day, my go-to elixir is an extra cup (or two or three) of black French press coffee. It gives my body and brain a needed jolt, but it may not help where I need it the most: my cells. The cellular...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Does your organization lack quality leadership? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Peter Bregman, the CEO of Bregman Partners and author of the book Leading with...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Edward Munsch/Christophel Fine Art/Getty Images Dirk was puzzled about what just happened. To the best of his knowledge, he had only asked Jerome (a recently hired senior executive), to deal more proactively with some of the company’s clients. But Jerome had...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Malan/Getty Images President Trump has just asked the SEC to study the implications of moving to a half-yearly reporting deadline instead of the current requirement to file 10-Q forms on a quarterly basis. Over the years, I have heard from plenty of managers who...
