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The Happiness Advantage: Escaping the Cult of the Average

Strategy Driven

The Happiness Advantage : The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Anchor. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy.

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The Happiness Advantage: Introduction

Strategy Driven

That is: If you work hard, you will become successful, and once you become successful, then you’ll be happy. Success first, happiness second. The Happiness Advantage : The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Anchor. If I lose that five pounds, I’ll be happy.

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The Happiness Advantage: Discovering the Happiness Advantage

Strategy Driven

The Happiness Advantage : The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Anchor. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy.

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The Happiness Advantage: Paradise Lost and Found

Strategy Driven

The Happiness Advantage : The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Anchor. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy.

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The Transformational Leader: Compass to a New World, part 1

Strategy Driven

Front Runners step-by-step program includes case studies, illustrations, graphs, glossary, and bibliography. How well do you know your employees’ skills, work ethic, and willingness to embrace change? How clear are you about the criteria for success? Make critical decisions faster, with deeper buy-in from stakeholders.

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Let’s Be Honest About Lying

Harvard Business Review

Consider the case study unfolding right now in Brazil at the World Cup. Being honest and never dissembling is very consistent with the bland axioms of a “feel good” leadership discourse, but as in the case of sports, it is also remarkably inconsistent with what actually goes on in the real world.

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Winning Support for Flexible Work

Harvard Business Review

Remember that your team — peers and direct reports — is affected by your work schedule, so you need everyone's support to make your new arrangement a success. Instead what you propose needs to have the clear goal of improving your performance at work and making your boss successful." Reassess and make adjustments.