Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Daniel Gilbert, Annie McKee, Gretchen Spreitzer, Teresa Amabile

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781633693210
Publisher:	Harvard Business Review Press
Publication date:	05/09/2017
Series:	HBR Emotional Intelligence Series
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.60(d)

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.

Table of Contents

1 Happiness Isn't the Absence of Negative Feelings: What brings lasting contentment? Jennifer Moss 1

2 Being Happy at Work Matters: Work is personal Annie McKee 13

3 The Science Behind the Smile: The research An interview Daniel Gilbert Gardiner Morse

4 The Power of Small Wins: Improve inner work life Teresa M. Amabile Steven J. Kramer 53

5 Creating Sustainable Performance: Build a thriving workforce Gretchen Spreitzer Christine Porath 99

6 The Research We've Ignored About Happiness at Work: It's not all good André Spicer Carl Cederström 131

7 The Happiness Backlash: Tempering the obsession Alison Beard 147

Index 157

Editorial Reviews

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

— Thrive, Powered by ADP

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