by HappyQuotient | Aug 17, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
VANDAL Photography/Getty Images Tara, an MD/PhD who works for a large public university, contacted one of us (Suzanne) a few weeks after participating in a negotiation workshop she ran, wanting to share some positive news about successfully negotiating an 11% pay...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 17, 2018 | HBR
The summer season is waning but we’re not done with the heat. Hot and humid weather can bring a host of heat-related problems: heat cramps, heat rash, heat exhaustion, heat stroke…. It’s helpful to be aware of these issues, especially as we experience changes in the...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 16, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Caspar Benson/Getty Images Most leaders assume that they need to foster teamwork among the people whom directly and indirectly report to them. Teaming is now seen as the workplace equivalent of motherhood and apple pie — invariably good. The problem is when...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 16, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Daniel Hurst Photography/Getty Images As the concept of emotional intelligence has gone global, we’ve watched professionals founder as they try to improve their emotional intelligence (or EI) because they either don’t know where to focus their efforts or...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 16, 2018 | HBR
Parents of adolescents face a tough dilemma about substance use: we may want our children to be abstinent, but what do we do if they are not? The risks are high, as we’ve discussed in our blog about adolescent substance use and the developing brain. While parents can...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 16, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Daniel Hurst Photography/Getty Images As the concept of emotional intelligence has gone global, we’ve watched professionals founder as they try to improve their emotional intelligence (or EI) because they either don’t know where to focus their efforts or...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 16, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Maybe it’s happened to you with a stranger at a party, or with a casual acquaintance at work. If you’re really lucky, it’s happened to you during a job interview, or within minutes of meeting the roommates your college assigned you. You clicked with them. It can...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 15, 2018 | HBR
Can you imagine if you went to your primary care doctor’s office for cooking classes? What if your visit included time spent planning meals, discussing grocery lists and the benefits of home cooking, and learning culinary techniques? If that sounds odd to you, it...
