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Leaders: How to Successfully Manage the Transition to a Hybrid Workplace
Michael C. Bush
Posted in Change, Communication, Culture, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Michael C. Bush
The Question We Can’t Ignore As We Return to Work
Dr. Tasha Eurich
Posted in Change, Dr. Tasha Eurich, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership/Management
When was the last time you felt a palpable sense of pride? While life provides many such opportunities, work offers a unique, surprisingly powerful, and scientifically-supported fountain of fulfillment—regardless of the kind of work we do. In the etymology of…
Is Happiness the Key to Success?
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Posted in Employee Engagement, Health & Wellness, Human Resources, Peak Performance, Shawn Achor, Uncategorized
Shawn Achor has dedicated his life to studying the relationship between happiness and success. A New York Times best-selling author and speaker whose TED talk has been viewed nearly 14 million times, he has helped thousands of individuals and organizations around the world find…
How to Get Employees Excited About Meetings
How many times have you found yourself leaving a meeting feeling overwhelmed and more stressed than before you went in? Or how often have you led a meeting and felt like the same issues were rehashed, and it was a…
The Right Kind of Stress Can Bond Your Team Together
Shawn Achor
Posted in Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Shawn Achor, Stress Management/Life Balance, Teamwork
Last fall, I did a documentary with HBO, directed by Peter Berg and produced by Michael Strahan, called State of Play: Happiness. In the film, we explored how to create a positive culture in organizations where the culture or conditions make it difficult to…
7 Ways To Transform Your Leadership
There are few things more frustrating in business than poor, weak or misguided leadership. Show me a business with poor leadership and I will show you a business that is dysfunctional, inefficient, and struggling to keep its head above water. When…
Optimists Are Better at Finding New Jobs
Michelle Gielan
Posted in Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Michelle Gielan, Peak Performance, Positivity, Uncategorized
Given that I’m a happiness researcher, you might think I’d strive to help people eliminate unhappiness in their careers. But unhappiness actually serves a crucial function, signaling the need for change, prompting us to switch companies or fields, or even just motivating…
Tagged with: building optimism, job search, MIchelle Gielan, optimism research, optimists, positive thinking
Positivity in the Workplace: Q&A with Happiness Expert Shawn Achor
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Posted in Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Peak Performance, Positivity, Shawn Achor
This article was originally published on Wrike, by Brianna Hansen, May 9, 2016. How do you define happiness? How do you think it relates to the productivity of your team? Are your employees and coworkers happy? These answers affect more…
3 Things You Think Will Make You Happier at Work (But Won’t)
This article by Charlotte Seager was first published on The Guardian and was featured on GoodThink, Inc.’s blog. For many of us, work’s not working out. Mundane tasks, too much to do and the nagging feeling that your job may be, well,…
The Benefits of Peer-to-Peer Praise at Work
Shawn Achor
Posted in Communication, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Shawn Achor, Uncategorized
In The Happiness Advantage, I describe an experience with a leader at a Fortune 100 company who told me, “We don’t need a happiness program; we pay people to be engaged.” This is a surprisingly common refrain from unenlightened leaders, an assumption based…
Tagged with: employee engagement, employee retention, Globoforce, peer-to-peer recognition, Shawn Achor
Think You’re Too Busy to Practice Mindfulness? Think Again
Michelle Gielan and Shawn Achor
Posted in Employee Engagement, Health & Wellness, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Michelle Gielan, Shawn Achor, Stress Management/Life Balance, Uncategorized
The most forward-looking companies are willing to take risks to achieve greatness. Most leaders give lip service to this idea, but few actually do it. We have worked with banks willing to take on toxic assets (again) and hedge funds…
Does Your Office Have a Positive Vibe?
Shawn Achor
Posted in Communication, Employee Engagement, Leadership/Management, Positivity, Shawn Achor, Uncategorized
Help people fall in love with your company. In any line of work, there’s a good chance you do your fair of selling. You’re selling your ideas, your products, even yourself. Maybe you’re not in sales—but don’t forget to sell…
4 Positive Communication Habits for Business Success
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Posted in Communication, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Michelle Gielan, Positivity, Transformation
This article by Deborah Mitchell was originally published on Entrepreneur. When working in broadcast news, whether as on-air talent or behind the camera as a producer, you have an incredible amount of power to determine the type of information shared with viewers.…
Why Humble Leaders Inspire Loyal Teams
Dr. Tasha Eurich
Posted in Dr. Tasha Eurich, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Inspiration, Leadership/Management, Uncategorized
Last week, my mom told me a gem of a story. She was 23 and had just started her first year as a high school English teacher. One day, she got out the record player as part of a lesson,…
Are the People Who Take Vacations the Ones Who Get Promoted?
Shawn Achor
Posted in Employee Engagement, Health & Wellness, Peak Performance, Shawn Achor, Stress Management/Life Balance
Too many people limit their happiness and success by assuming that taking time off from work will send a negative message to their manager and slow their career advancement. But new research, says that the exact opposite is true. Taking a…
3 Uncommon Ways to Drive Happiness in the Workplace
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Posted in Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Leadership/Management, Peak Performance, Shawn Achor, Uncategorized
This article by Mark C. Crowley featuring an interview with Shawn Achor was originally published on Fast Company. Engagement is the holy grail of workplace satisfaction. Here are three new ways to think about your employees’ happiness. By the late…
Change Your Job–by Changing Your Mindset
The brilliant Amy Wrzesniewski from Yale University researches how people perceive their jobs. She found that the way a person sees his or her occupation—as a “calling,” as opposed to a “job”—doesn’t depend on the job title or position, but…
Tagged with: employee engagement, job satisfaction, meaningful occupation, meaningful work, Shawn Achor
How Employee Engagement Can Boost the Bottom Line
This article by Jared Lindzon originally appeared on The Globe and Mail. If employees are an organization’s most valuable assets, then there’s nothing more valuable than a highly engaged work force. That’s because research has proven that job satisfaction can…
Tagged with: company culture, employee engagement, human resources, MIchelle Gielan, workplace culture