Laughter and jokes can make us happier and more productive on the job. BY JESSICA LINDSEY | OCTOBER 15, 2019 Why do we laugh at movies like Office Space or shows like The Office? What’s so funny about work? For one student in the GGSC’s online Foundations of Happiness at Work course, humor is found… Continue reading How a Little Humor Can Improve Your Work Life
GETTY IMAGES Want a new employee to truly hit the ground running? Say these four things. By Jeff HadenContributing editor, Inc.@jeff_haden You work hard to find, interview, and hire the right employees. They have great skills, great experience, and great attitude. So once they’re hired and in the door, all you need to do is… Continue reading 4 Things Great Bosses Say to a New Employee That Most Bosses Never Think to Say
The 3 Elements of Trust Jack Zenger, Joseph Folkman, FEBRUARY 05, 2019 BEN WELSH/GETTY IMAGES As a leader, you want the people in your organization to trust you. And with good reason. In our coaching with leaders, we often see that trust is a leading indicator of whether others evaluate them positively or negatively.… Continue reading Three Key Elements of Trust
Humble workplace cultures embrace the honesty, experimentation, and learning that lead to success. BY TIFFANY MALDONADO, DUSYA VERA | JANUARY 29, 2019 In recent years, more and more leaders seem to be jeopardizing their company’s survival for the sake of ego, hubris, or selfish gain. We’ve seen Wells Fargo enable the creation of over a… Continue reading How to Infuse Your Company Culture with Humility
It’s a gift when work is so meaningful that you’d do it for free. And that’s also a problem. BY MICHAEL F. STEGER | AUGUST 21, 2019 I think of myself as a champion for meaningful work. I strive for it in my life, I try to help my children figure out what kind of… Continue reading Does a Meaningful Job Need to Burn You Out?
Being around people who are different from us makes us more creative, more diligent and harder-working By Katherine W. Phillips on October 1, 2014 Credit: Edel Rodriguez IN BRIEF Decades of research by organizational scientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists and demographers show that socially diverse groups (that is, those with a diversity of race, ethnicity, gender… Continue reading How diversity makes us smarter
