by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Heidi Grant, a social psychologist, explains the right ways and wrong ways to ask colleagues for help. She says people are much more likely to lend us a hand than we think they are; they just want it to be a rewarding experience. Grant is the author of Reinforcements:...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
hbr staff/thelinke/Getty Images After the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018, Dick’s Sporting Goods announced that it would no longer sell semiautomatic rifles in its hunting and fishing stores (it had already stopped selling them at its main...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
We’re delighted to be making more episodes for you. Download this podcast Help shape our conversations by responding to these questions. You can answer as few or as many as you’d like: What work decisions do you struggle with? Do you overthink? Stress...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images The #MeToo movement started by activist Tarana Burke gained momentum in October of 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano invited women on Twitter to respond “me too” to her tweet if they’d experienced sexual harassment or abuse....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | HBR
There is an important scientific fact that we need to be aware of as the political drama at the border unfolds: when children are separated from their parents, they can be damaged for the rest of their lives. Research shows that when children face strong, frequent, or...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images The #MeToo movement started by activist Tarana Burke gained momentum in October of 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano invited women on Twitter to respond “me too” to her tweet if they’d experienced sexual harassment or abuse....
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Want to feel more Calm, get some Headspace, and practice Mindfulness Daily? There are apps for that—hundreds of them, besides the three I just mentioned. These apps make a promise: Rather than investing countless hours and dollars in mindfulness classes or...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images For over 25 years, women have made up at least 40% of U.S. medical students. This past year, more women than men were enrolled in U.S. medical schools. Yet gender parity is still not reflected in medical leadership. Women account for only...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 19, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Bloomberg/Getty Images I couldn’t stop crying. Months of late evenings and demanding travel had cracked my professional exterior. I tried to present my quarterly numbers while my colleagues squirmed in their seats, offered me a box of tissues, or just stared. My...
