Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Harvard Business Review, Daniel Gilbert, Annie McKee

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Book cover for Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Harvard Business Review, Daniel Gilbert, Annie McKee

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Description

Achieving happiness while excelling at your career.

What is the nature of human happiness, and how do we achieve it in the course of our professional lives? And is it even worth pursuing?

This book explores answers to these questions with research into how happiness is measured, frameworks for personal behaviors, management techniques that build happiness in the workplace--and warnings that highlight where the happiness hype has been overblown.

This volume includes the work of:

  • Daniel Gilbert
  • Annie McKee
  • Gretchen Spreitzer
  • Teresa M. Amabile

    This collection of articles includes "Happiness Isn't the Absence of Negative Feelings" by Jennifer Moss; "Being Happy at Work Matters" by Annie McKee; "The Science Behind the Smile" an interview with Daniel Gilbert by Gardiner Morse; "The Power of Small Wins" by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer; "Creating Sustainable Performance" by Gretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath; "The Research We've Ignored About Happiness at Work" by André Spice and Carl Cedarström; and "The Happiness Backlash" by Alison Beard.

    How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

  • About the Author

    Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, 13 international licensed editions, books from Harvard Business Review Press, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review provides professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact.

    Critical Reviews

    "...an excellent primer for creating a workplace full of engaged employees."

    -- Thrive, Powered by ADP

    Publishing Information

    Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
    Pub date: 2017-05-09
    Length: 176 pages

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