happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

developing these conversations, and I am happy to be able to do more of these types of events within the HBS, BEI, and SEI communities. This post was originally published on the Business & Environment Blog. View Details

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

I still feel love brings full of happiness and has enriched my life more than anything. 3. Love is something that brings you to the world which you could not have reached if you were alone. When we started to consider doing an MBA, I was... View Details

13 Nov 2017
Blog Post

5 Worries I Had about Applying to HBS

I started to learn about the application process, the school, and my chances of getting in. I had a number of anxieties about applying to HBS, and at times I considered not applying at all. I’m so happy I worked through those concerns and... View Details

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

"Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and I'mma let you finish, but [fellow nominee] Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time." Millions of viewers were turned off by his impulsive bullying, and Carter and Lady Gaga, both... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

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

26 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness

at night, I was so happy doing what I loved. I was also conscious of the fact that my primary responsibility was to my company. I worked to ensure that I was productive and meeting deadlines, and I appreciated the support I received from... View Details

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

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

would receive one ticket each day for washing their hands with soap, but that in two months they would begin receiving triple the number of tickets for every day they used the dispenser. The final group received the same incentive boost two months into the experiment,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2022
News

In My Humble Opinion: Home Base

Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids, with HBR Press. She describes the book as the complete, encouraging, how-to guide she couldn’t find when she became a new parent. Dowling sees things... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

at happy hour by employees at the bar around the corner from the office—can go a long way toward informally educating employees on how the company really works. Managers can help institutionalize this kind of learning in a number of ways.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

Culinary Group the largest ski area operator in the United States. O'Donnell is happy to list the ingredients of his success. "I follow the golden rule in treating my customers and employees the way I want to be treated," he begins.... View Details

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

job, if you're building a happy family: to realize that they need to be motivated and that there's a clear way to motivate them." Listing your assumptions about a prospective plan and assessing their plausibility can help determine the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 May 2023
News

Finding PRIDE

political climate at the time was very much: “Keep your homosexuality to yourself.” Fortunately, I made friends with the half-dozen club members as well as off-campus friends who were accepting. They were my salvation. I was just so happy... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

gave each one a name. Those who used positive language and a range of facial expressions, for example, were deemed Excitable. Those who showed anger, contempt, and disgust but also a fair amount of neutral expressions were labeled Stern. CEOs with high topic entropy... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

the first time in my life. Becca's existence has been beyond meaningful to me. Her ultimate happiness is one of my priorities and a great primer for when, by God’s grace, I become a father of my own. #EverydayLove Love should not be an... View Details

19 Jun 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS Show?

vehicle through which the community came to laugh, be astounded by the talent of their classmates, find themselves and their experiences reflected on stage and leave feeling overwhelmed with happiness at having chosen to spend two years... View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

the wealth to walk away. Put well-regarded, powerful executives in charge of acquisition integration. Divest them of all other responsibilities during an important integration. Make this into a core competency, and a high-visibility assignment. Spend equal amounts of... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Leadership and Happiness Arthur Brooks Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 The Moral Leader Joseph Badaracco Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

hundred years, all of us sitting in this room today will be gone. Just at different times, some sooner than the others. So then if death is the ultimate truth, what should really matter most in life? I feel the only thing that truly matters to me is being View Details

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