Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2002
News

Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

happiness and peace.' Then I realized that happiness and peace came from knowing that whatever problem is brought to me, I-or someone in the company-can solve it." Whether meeting with scientists in a... View Details

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

working together,” the article says. We talked to the researchers about how organizations can help employees cope with this difficult period—including everything from guaranteeing paid sick leave and gathering staff for virtual happy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

multidivisional enterprises that have diversified into related product lines. The present book aims to fill in this gap in the literature by adopting a coherent approach to this elusive subject. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54158... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Alex Nelson

big impact and help a lot of people," Alex says. In practical terms, her dreams led Alex to MIT for a degree in mechanical engineering and to General Motors where she served two summers as an engineering intern. "But I wasn't View Details

12 Sep 2016
Blog Post

An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Jonathan Shepherd

alumni. I spend a large part of my time in one-to-one coaching appointments. While the conversations often revolve around the finance and real estate industries, I’m happy to speak with any student or alumnus about anything. Conversations... View Details

Portrait Project

Gad Caspy

friends who will tell me when I am full of myself and yet will drop everything when I need them. I want to have a warm family who will love me regardless of my faults and will allow me to be supportive of those whom I love. An important part of being View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage

"During the Gold Rush," EMC Corporation's Michael C. Ruettgers (MBA '67) reminded a Burden Hall audience last September, "a lot of infrastructure people got rich, along with a handful of gold panners." That's why, amid the glitz and glory of the high-tech revolution,... View Details

25 May 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Africa Business Club

with us for recruiting purposes: Our VPs of careers would be happy to work with you to get the word out on relevant internship and full-time opportunities: Bankole Makanju (bmakanju@mba2017.hbs.edu) and Andrea Barry... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Staff Catering Guidelines | About

order is placed. Please note that a member of the Catering team is happy to work with you in identifying lower cost alternatives for your meeting or event. For more information about how to order catering, the ordering process, menus,... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Faculty Books

discussions about the most important things in life (like happiness and sadness or hopes and fears)—is critical to helping develop the self-awareness, compassion, emotional intelligence, and authenticity required to be inspired human... View Details

Keywords: Professor Bill George; Professor Joseph L. Bower; Professor Herman B. Leonard; Professor Lynn S. Paine; Professor Howard Stevenson; Professor Noam Wasserman; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2014
News

In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)

Video Embed Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010) grew up in kitchens, first at the elbow of his mother ("a great cook, a schoolteacher, always happy to show me some stuff") and then, in high school and college, as a line cook in restaurants all over... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; 80 Thoreau; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 2010
News

A Remarkable Life Story

Lillian Lincoln Lambert (MBA ’69) credits much of her business confidence and acumen to her years at Harvard Business School, where she was the first black woman to receive an MBA. But those two years, exhilarating and educational as they may have been, were not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Professional Services

30 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 30

Read the preview: http://hbr.org/2010/04/fixing-health-care-on-the-front-lines/ar/1 Happiness Adaptation to Income beyond "Basic Needs" Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Publication:Chap. 8 in International... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2010
Chapter

Feeling Good about Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-interested Charitable Behavior

By: L. Anik, L. B. Aknin, M. I. Norton and E. W. Dunn

While lay intuitions and pop psychology suggest that helping others leads to higher levels of happiness, the existing evidence only weakly supports this causal claim: research in psychology, economics, and neuroscience exploring the benefits of charitable giving has... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Cost vs Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Outcome or Result; Relationships; Research; Behavior; Happiness; Motivation and Incentives

Citation

14 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump

better health insurance with lower taxes, remember the essence of a brand is promise, large promise. Pin your brand to a dream, yes, but have a plan or today’s happy buyers will become tomorrow’s angry owners. Win at any price. Your... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Deighton

31 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

of business research in the forthcoming book How Will You Measure Your Life? Coauthored with James Allworth and Karen Dillon, the book explains how well-tested academic theories can help us find meaning and happiness not just at work, but... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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PRIDE | MBA

Career Fair LGBTQ+ Admissions Open House Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) Conference National Coming Out Day Celebration World AIDS Day Love at HBS National Trans Day of Visibility Other club happy hours and events throughout the year! Club... View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

and class notes. These services and programs offer something for everyone. Please take the time to investigate what works best for you, and let us know how we can continue to keep you in contact with each other and with the School. Best wishes for a View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Crisis and Creativity

"I'll be happy to give you innovative thinking. What are the guidelines?" © The New Yorker Collection 2005 Leo Cullum from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, recently echoed Machiavelli... View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

08 Jan 2019
Blog Post

New Year, New Career Goals: Coaches Offer Advice for 2019

happiness and satisfaction. – Kurt Piemonte An older alum once told me, with regret, that every year after receiving his bonus he'd tell himself, "I'll only endure the job for one more bonus cycle, THEN I'll leave the firm and pursue... View Details

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