Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?

effect. Another time she told the dealer she wanted a car with a manual drive. “No you don’t,” the salesman snapped. Says Avery, “I felt disrespected.” “I’m happy with the car, but it was a roller coaster of emotions going through the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto

22 Dec 2020
Blog Post

The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

didn’t believe I fit the bill as the all-ambitious corporate guru that I imagined all HBS students to be (hilarious in retrospect). With encouragement from my friends and professors, I decided to apply anyway, and wow, am I happy I did. I... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. Tip: Small talk works big wonders Another factor that workplaces can focus on right now is creating opportunities for informal conversations. Small talk can play an important role in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Help - Research Computing Services

the HBS community, developing and supporting research infrastructure , and providing technology training . Who is eligible for our services? Primarily, we support faculty, and are also happy to provide guidance for doctoral students, RAs,... View Details

01 Jan 2010
News

James Dimon, MBA 1982

Salomon Smith Barney, the Travelers Group, and Citigroup, which he helped build into the world’s largest financial services company through tight management and astute mergers. Both Dimon’s father and grandfather worked as stockbrokers, but he never felt forced to... View Details

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

process.” Previous studies have shown that employees are especially productive and happy when employers encourage them to use their individual signature strengths on the job, but historically those studies did not consider the employee... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

Article

Big Ideas Feature: Time for Happiness: Why the Pursuit of Money Isn't Bringing You Joy—and What Will

By: A.V. Whillans

Adam (real story, fake name) was a good employee who was given a plum project he believed could get him a promotion and a raise. Taking it seemed like the proverbial no-brainer: Work hard, nail the assignment, get more pay. He knew he’d have to put in long days and... View Details

Keywords: Time; Privilege; Guilt; Money; Happiness; Work-Life Balance

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20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

design, but just look at their faces, beaming with pride and anticipation! Or online, head over to Facebook and Instagram, where you will see other instances of value creation. Look at the pictures and videos your friends post when they receive a coveted job offer or... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Fast Answer

Bloomberg: hedge funds

you are happy with your number of matches, click 1) Results to see the list. With the Actions drop down you can edit the display or edit the criteria to return to the screen builder page. Drag your mouse over the entire table to copy the... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

Student Union. Social Events Of course, a large part of the HBS experience is meeting new people and making lifelong friends. Whether it’s small group dinners or happy hours, the WSA regularly hosts events to bring our community of women... View Details

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

Economist. HBS professor William Sahlman, who studied Osher's career and wrote the case study on his company, Dr. John's Products, Ltd., said in an introduction that while much of Osher's success might look from the outside to have been the result of a series of View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

it could work to put contact lenses in chickens, even though this sounded like a bizarre idea. I decided to take the position of, yes, we can do it, because I was tired of every case opening by saying something was not possible. Of course, hands shot up the minute I... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details

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Which HBS Executive Education Program is Right For Me?

understand which programs will run during a certain time. Our Program Schedule is a useful way to see the full portfolio of programs in a specific subject area and provides an overview of our full year of programming. As a team, we're always View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

John Crowley’s Extraordinary Measures

sixth grades in Princeton, New Jersey, public schools, aided by ventilators and wheelchairs and accompanied by nurses. Pompe doesn’t affect their minds. “They’re bright, precocious, and very happy kids,” says Crowley. —Sarah Auerbach View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

27 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

I’m happy to concede some territory here: I’m not convinced it’s essential to running the company that I can derive WACC or read Balance of Payments statements. This argument does, though, undervalue the soft stuff that is taught and I... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

We have to recalibrate our minds in terms of why we’re doing remote work now. In this moment of panic, when companies and workers are trying to figure out how to be productive and how to be happy working from home, the most practical... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 May 2018
News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

offices. Proud of the work that Fidelity does—“enabling people to improve their financial lives,” as she describes it—Johnson cherishes letters she and her employees receive from happy customers. To do her job, she notes, “You have to be... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

HBS that fall, I showed up to my first PRIDE club happy hour and walking into it, I was the most nervous I had ever been in any social setting. It felt like an unveiling of this deep, hidden aspect of my identity and I had a feeling of... View Details

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

opinions of strangers, according to a Nielsen survey. "A human recommendation can be valuable even when it's inaccurate," Yeomans says. “If my colleague likes a show I don’t like, I’m still happy to hear her recommendation because it... View Details