by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Inti St Clair/Getty Images It is no doubt a sign of progress that a significant proportion of organizations and managers today appear to feel guilty when they admit that they are making big management decisions in an intuitive rather than evidence-based way. Indeed,...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
George Diebold/Getty Images It has become common advice for businesspeople to use “I statements” — such as, “I feel frustrated that you missed the budget deadline twice” — as a way to raise challenging conversations without causing...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2018 | HBR
If self-care steps for back pain such as gentle activity, local heat, or massage don’t ease discomfort within a few weeks to a month, or if you struggle with chronic low back pain, a physiatrist can help you navigate the dizzying number of treatment options. These...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
George Diebold/Getty Images It has become common advice for businesspeople to use “I statements” — such as, “I feel frustrated that you missed the budget deadline twice” — as a way to raise challenging conversations without causing...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Shana Novak/Getty Images This week brought some sobering news on the near future of our planet and species. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued an important new report about how dire the consequences of climate change are becoming, and how fast...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Francesca Gino, a professor at Harvard Business School, shares a compelling business case for curiosity. Her research shows allowing employees to exercise their curiosity can lead to fewer conflicts and better outcomes. However, even managers who value inquisitive...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The summer vacation season may be behind us, but the holidays are right around the corner. And soon enough your colleagues may be asking you to cover for them while they’re away. All of a sudden, you’re juggling not only your normal work but also...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The summer vacation season may be behind us, but the holidays are right around the corner. And soon enough your colleagues may be asking you to cover for them while they’re away. All of a sudden, you’re juggling not only your normal work but also...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
A partnership between the Boston Medical Center and Commonwealth Care Alliance, a community-based health care organization, provides a promising new hospitalist model for inpatient treatment of complex care patients — patients with extensive,...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the discussion guide for this episode Join our online community Download this podcast Hearing your manager say you’re...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | HBR
There has been lots of attention on concussions in youth, especially from sports, over the past few years. It’s good that we are paying more attention to concussions. As the stories of prior National Football League players show us, concussions can lead to lifelong...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
If you were entering the job market in the early 90s, most job descriptions included “Macintosh experience” or “excellent PC skills” in their preferred qualifications. This quickly became a requirement for even the most non-technical jobs,...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, realized that being a good leader required being a good mind reader. “I see my task as serving the majority of people,” he said in an interview to Forbes. “The question is, how do you find out what they...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Dougal Waters/Getty Images Whether in corporate life or entrepreneurship, the recipe for success is clear: Win and execute lucrative projects. The reasons are obvious: Your business wouldn’t exist without money to run it, and the more, the better. But...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
JUSTIN TALLIS/Getty Images When Goldman Sachs named David Solomon its new CEO, the media didn’t just focus on his professional background and his rise through the ranks; it also covered his moonlighting as a bona fide DJ. Solomon, aka DJ D-Sol, is known for his...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
VCG/Getty Images Caring for the health and well-being of our fellow humans has always been viewed as a combination of art and science. With all the recent advances in technology, there is no doubt the health care industry as a whole gets an “A” in science....
by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | HBR
I am now 11 years into recovery from my battle with opiate addiction, and I have always been fascinated with two related questions: is there truly such a thing as an “addictive personality,” and do people substitute addictions? The myth of the addictive personality...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
When women behave in ways that don’t fit their gender stereotype — for example, by being assertive — they are viewed as less likable and ultimately less hirable. Does that same hold true for men? Are they similarly penalized for straying from...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
HBR Staff The past 10 years have seen a wave of innovative big data software designed to analyze, manipulate, and visualize data. Yet for the regular knowledge worker, Microsoft Excel, 30 years on, remains the go-to product for people looking to make sense of data....
by HappyQuotient | Oct 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
I was 34 when I heard my doctor say “stage-four Hodgkin’s lymphoma.” The news hit me like a punch to the face. I was stunned. Then every two weeks for six months, I had to go the Lineberger Cancer Center to receive chemo. I had a hard time getting...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 7, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Alan Copson/Getty Images Employees around the world are reporting that big organizational changes are affecting their jobs. From leadership transitions and restructurings, to mergers and acquisitions, to regulatory changes, there seems to be constant unrest in the...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Apple recently announced a new feature to the Apple Watch: the latest version will be able to measure heart rhythms and notify patients about abnormal, and potentially harmful, patterns. Doctors, however, are skeptical. Their biggest concern is that the feature...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Scott Barbour/Getty Images With today’s high demand for data scientists and the high salaries that they command, it’s often not practical for companies to keep them on staff. Instead, many organizations work to ramp up their existing staff’s...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Hero Images/Getty Images In 2015, CareMore embarked on a journey to transform care delivery in Medicaid with the aim of leveraging its 20-year history in providing comprehensive care for seniors under Medicare. To many at the time, we were fools. Critics outside of...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Maintaining strong, productive relationships with clients and co-workers can be challenging when you never see the person you’re working with. Yet, it is common to have ongoing work relationships – sometimes lasting years...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Driendl Group/Getty Images In science, 1905 is known as the annus mirabilis, or “miracle year,” the period when Albert Einstein, at the age of 26, published several discoveries that changed physics forever. By the summer of that year he’d explained...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Driendl Group/Getty Images In science, 1905 is known as the annus mirabilis, or “miracle year,” the period when Albert Einstein, at the age of 26, published several discoveries that changed physics forever. By the summer of that year he’d explained...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 5, 2018 | HBR
Just the idea of packing a lunch elicits a stress response in so many of us. Maybe we’re packing lunch for our kids, maybe it’s for us, but the pressure is on to create a simple yet satisfying, healthy yet hearty, easily transportable meal. This seemingly impossible...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
How does working remotely complicate your career? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Siobhan O’Mahony, a professor at Boston University Questrom School of Business....
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
STR/Stringer/Getty Images When a manufacturing line in a factory is running efficiently, one can see lines of robotic arms working synchronously, conveyor belts moving smoothly, and goods being produced. Unfortunately, when it comes to knowledge work, it’s much...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images Being a good doctor is a lot like being a good mentor. Just as clinicians have an ethical duty to act in the best interest of their patients, mentors have a similar duty towards their mentees. In our clinical and academic lives (where...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
CSA Images/Getty Images The key to any successful relationship is effective communication. In the business world, this means trying to understand what consumers and clients are saying, and responding to them in ways that reflect that understanding. For the most part,...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | HBR
On the surface, your own brain may be your furthest consideration when you are trying to improve your relationships. Yet it is the very place that processes where you perceive, understand, remember, evaluate, desire, and respond to people. The somewhat bizarre fact of...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Westend61/Getty Images I’ve long been both paranoid and optimistic about the promise and potential of artificial intelligence to disrupt — well, almost everything. Last year, I was struck by how fast machine learning was developing and I was concerned that...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Mike Stobe/Getty Images It’s a well-known phenomenon: emotions are contagious. If you work with people who are happy and optimistic, you’re more likely to feel the same. The flipside is true, too; if your colleagues are constantly stressed out,...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Stuart McCall/Getty Images Long before your favorite movie made it to a theater near you, it was presented in a pitch meeting. Hollywood screenwriters typically get three to five minutes to propose an idea, but it takes only around 45 seconds for producers to know if...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
thenakedsnail/Getty Images Tracking the data on the effectiveness of employee well-being programs can feel like you’re watching a Ping-Pong match. While more than 60% of U.S. businesses offer such programs, research on their effectiveness has been...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images Over the last several years, competing notions of “diversity” have emerged. In many corners, the traditional definition, focused on demographic diversity, has been eclipsed by a new concept centered on experiential or...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images Over the last several years, competing notions of “diversity” have emerged. In many corners, the traditional definition, focused on demographic diversity, has been eclipsed by a new concept centered on experiential or...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images Over the last several years, competing notions of “diversity” have emerged. In many corners, the traditional definition, focused on demographic diversity, has been eclipsed by a new concept centered on experiential or...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | HBR
Household disinfectants seem like such a good idea, especially when you have children — after all, children make messes, and killing germs helps keep children healthy, right? Not always, it turns out. Sometimes germs actually keep us healthy and keep us at a healthy...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Don Farrall/Getty Images When she first saw the email, she thought she was about to be fired. About 30 minutes prior to her weekly one-on-one with the CEO, the chief marketing officer at a multibillion global financial services firm received a cryptic email from him...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
perets/Getty Images Ratings play an enormous role in our lives. Ratings made by critics, judges, and evaluators determine a range of outcomes, from the seemingly trivial (which wine you pick for dinner or which products you buy from Amazon) to the more consequential...
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