happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jun 2020
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How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

for virtual coffee chats inside or outside your company Lead virtual happy hours Invite a colleague or new connection to have a virtual lunch Set up a mixer video call in which each person invites one other person to join to talk about... 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

01 Oct 2000
News

Edward D. Bullard: The Personal Touch

the production line in just three days. While the unassuming Bullard, who recently stepped down from his duties as president, is reluctant to take credit for the company's progress, he is happy to brag about its working conditions. Unlike... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

annual salary offer of $115,000 is unfair on its own. They might be perfectly happy with that salary if it weren't for the information that it's below average." And it's not just a matter of money. In several studies of social comparison... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

lunch gatherings, happy hours, cooking and crafting classes, talent shows, and even meet-the-pet sessions. Knowing that workers are bound to feel some screen fatigue these days, business leaders should encourage self-care by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Industry Information - Alumni

faculty from the fields of business, economics and law. + – CPG/Marketing AdAge Leading trade publication of the marketing and media landscape. Tiered subscription model (free registration for a limited number of articles per month; subscribe for full access). 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

16 Dec 2021
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

with my STEM experience I am able to do pretty well with the math in classes such as Finance, Technology and Operations Management, and Marketing. Also, I find that my software experience helps me to think about processes in a systematic way which can be a helpful... View Details

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

21 Jun 2024
Blog Post

What Does PRIDE Mean to You?

also thankful for my husband, Connor, for coming with me on this weird and wonderful journey. I expect Pride will keep changing in meaning for me as time passes, but I know one thing won’t change: that closet door is rotted and gone, and she isn’t going back on the... View Details

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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

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

organization is ready both in terms of the systemic culture and pattern of management that exists.” Too often CEOs turn to HR to create a training program when faced with a problem. The CEO avoids opening a Pandora’s box of larger organizational flaws, and HR is View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

to get her adjusted to our new life. In my second semester, I wanted to get more into the social / student life and lean into my true personality. By setting goals for each semester, and adjusting swiftly each week, I think I’ve been able to keep Mia View Details

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

capabilities to your customers' needs and to match your customers to your capabilities. You must focus your capabilities where they will mean the most to the customer. The real secret to being a price maker is to walk away from business if you cannot provide superior... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

said that I did not want to write the book. However, I knew everyone who did this kind of work; and I would be happy to select a couple of candidates worthy of the challenge. There would be no charge. My goal was the advancement of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

01 Jun 2022
News

The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips

to pass on those price increases to the end consumer, and there’s a dilemma about how best to do it. I think if you ask consumers if they would prefer to pay the same price and get a little less product, or pay more for the same quantity, at least some people will say... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2008
News

THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

that they’ll make a cognitive association that incubates overnight and shows up as a creative idea the next day. One day’s happiness often predicts the next day’s creativity. Competition Beats Collaboration. The most creative teams are... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

07 Oct 2020
Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

hopefully this doesn’t make us uncomfortable, she’s not hitting on us, etc. After a while of her speaking, she looked to us for a response. In a moment of incredible eloquence, I responded with ‘ditto.’ (The other roommate mentioned that she was straight, but very... View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

picture themselves as the star of their story instead of a background character. Until then, I’ll keep working to find success and happiness on my own terms and, just maybe, stand a little straighter. View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

personal growth, received the privilege of leading some of the best people I could ever meet. I developed a deep appreciation for the power of the human spirit, and am certainly a better man for it. Here at HBS, I am happy that I am... View Details

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