by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Featured Blog Content, Inspire, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
This article originally appeared on createandgo.co find it HERE. Why start a WordPress blog? Listen to our story about how we went from full-time corporate workers to full-time bloggers in our first year of blogging! 10 months ago, Lauren and I were just a couple...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Featured Blog Content, Inspire, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
This article originally appeared on thesitsgirls.com you can find it HERE. You’re off! Starting a blog is the easy part, but now what? You’ve probably Googled just about every term related to blogging in hopes of getting as much information as you can. Slow down and...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Featured Blog Content, Inspire, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
BY RYAN MCCREADY, SEP 21, 2017 This article originally appeared on Venngage.com – find it HERE. Anyone that is producing content these days knows how powerful a well written list article (or “listicle”) can be. Whether you are a Buzzfeed-type publisher pumping...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Tips, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Tips, Training, Trending
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Training
by HappyQuotient | Dec 30, 2017 | BLOG, Content, DESIGN, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Inspire, Tips, Tips / How To, Training, Trending
KEYWORD OPTIMIZE YOUR POST SYNDICATE YOUR CONTENT SHORTEN YOUR POST’S URLS TAILOR YOUR STATUS UPDATES BOOKMARK YOUR CONTENT POST TEASERS ON OTHER SITES COMMENT ON BLOGS USE TWITTER CREATE NEWSLETTER SHARE POSTS W/ TARGET CONTACTS The following...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 23, 2017 | BLOG, BUSINESS, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, INC, Inspire, Trending, Wellness
Burned Out? This 1 Habit Will Ensure You Never Burn Out Again Too many people suffer from burnout. By Nicolas Cole – Contributor, Inc.com @Nicolascole77 At the end of every year, I make it a point to do some serious reflecting. Part of my reflection...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 14, 2017 | BLOG, BUSINESS, Coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Happiness, Health, INC, Inspire, Resources, Tips, Trending, Wellness
This article originally appeared on Inc. and can be found here. Emotional intelligence is alive and well in the workforce. Jeff Bezos, Ursula Burns, and Elon Musk provide shining examples. By John Boitnott – Journalist and digital consultant @jboitnott The...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 13, 2017 | BLOG, coaches, Coaching, Featured Blog Content, Infographics, Training
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 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 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...
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,...
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...
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 | 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,...
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...
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 | 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...
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...
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 | 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,...
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 | 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...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary Across industries and across countries, a small number of “superstar” firms are pulling away from the competition. But why are these companies doing so well? One answer shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary It’s a strange world we live in when large companies such as Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion are able to store huge quantities of our personal data and profit from it in a way that doesn’t benefit us. And when those same companies lose our personal...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
When someone at work makes a comment that sounds biased, and you’re not sure if they’re being prejudiced or not, it’s hard to know how to deal with the situation. Before you speak up, think about what you really want to achieve — an apology, punishment, repentance? Is...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Executive Summary Research, including five years worth of interviews and surveys with transitioning workers, suggests that senior leaders cannot neglect the importance of promoting a larger culture of support during and after the transition process. In fact, perhaps...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
By Glen Robinson, Emerging Technology Advisor, Leading Edge Forum, DXC Technology We have moved from the Internet era in the early 2000s to the cloud era today; however, we will soon transition into the Matrix era – the Matrix being the term the Leading Edge Forum...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Using free, public Wi-Fi networks comes with a number of serious security risks, yet many of us do it anyway. To minimize the chance of having your money or financial information stolen, follow these steps. First, if you’re on public Wi-Fi, don’t shop online, log in...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 2, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
It’s one of the toughest jobs of a manager: giving feedback. Many bosses find it stressful and difficult — but that may be because they are focused on offering criticism and correcting mistakes when they should be providing positive feedback. In fact, recent research...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 29, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
When you need to have a tense conversation, don’t try to wing it. You can’t know how the discussion will go, so think through a few possible scenarios ahead of time. What if your counterpart gets upset and cries? What if they get angry? What if you get interrupted, or...
by HappyQuotient | Sep 28, 2017 | BLOG, Management Tips
Making decisions too quickly makes you more likely to end up with short-sighted or superficial solutions. But if you take too long to decide, you might miss opportunities. How do you strike a balance? Try to retain a sense of urgency while also taking time to reflect....