Stress

To Get More Feedback, Act More Coachable

Jean-François Manzoni

What attitude should you adopt when receiving unpleasant feedback, to avoid discouraging the other person from giving you more in the future.

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How to Tell Someone They’re Being Laid Off

Rebecca Knight

Some advice on how to best manage redundancies, i.e. this delicate moment, feared by many managers.

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The History of Happiness

Peter N. Stearns

A salutary perspective on happiness as a personal or societal ideal.

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Coming Through When It Matters Most

Heidi K. Gardner

Just when teams should be most innovative and look to the experts, they often prefer play it safe with conventional and sometimes inappropriate solutions.

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The Science Behind the Smile

Christopher B. Bingham, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Nathan R. Furr

A brief overview of the current advances in research on happiness.

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Boost Power Through Body Language

Amy J.C. Cuddy

A self-development video to understand how our gestures affect the hormone levels—which, in turn, raise our self-confidence and reduce our stress.

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Creating Sustainable Performance

John C. Camillus

The practical conclusions of a study about the factors that help people feel happy at work, defined by the authors as a combination of vitality and skill development.

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The resilience inventory: Seven essential skills for overcoming life’s obstacles and determining happiness

Rachel Jackson, Chris Watkin

Some important factors to develop your capacity for resilience.

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How Resilience Works

Diane Coutu

What essential characteristics do resilient people have in common?

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Creativity Under the Gun

Teresa Amabile, Constance N. Hadley, Steven J. Kramer

Contrary to popular belief, time pressure does not stimulate creativity. To the contrary, it has a sustainably negative effect on team creativity.

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