How to be happy at work
January 24, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Practice, Work
Be happy first – as a leader, you have to turn up happy. Take ownership of your own joy in life – and show it! Stop complaining – complaints are the theives of happiness. Whenever you catch yourself complaining, think instead “What can I do to fix this”? If there is nothing you think you […]
Hallelujah – Harvard Business Review has finally got it!
January 18, 2012 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Free and Laughing, Work
As I strolled through the airport yesterday en route to Jamaica, my eyes were drawn repeatedly to the latest issue of Harvard Business Review – the one with the BIG smiley face on it and the headline: “The Value of Happiness: How Employee Well-being Drives Profits” – http://hbr.org/magazine Well well well …. Happy […]
Bring your teddy bear to work
December 12, 2011 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Practice, Work
I was fascinated by this interview with Sreedhari Desai, an Assistant Professor at Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina. Sreedhari has found that “adults are less likely to cheat and more likely to engage in pro-social behaviour when reminders of children, such as teddy bears and crayons, are present”. My facilitator toolbox is […]
