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The Right Kind of Stress Can Bond Your Team Together

Harvard Business Review

” During the first half of the documentary, we examined the NFL to see how people create happiness in an organization where the average career is 3.3 In the film, we explored how to create a positive culture in organizations where the culture or conditions make it difficult to talk about “happiness.”

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What to Do When Your Boss Says No

Harvard Business Review

It’s a sign that our projects aren’t valued and our careers are stalling out. Research finds that when we’re denied resources, we give ourselves a license to try new ways of using the resources we already have. Most of us don’t like to be told no. We consider it a rejection of our ideas and of ourselves.