You Can Deliver Bad News to Your Team Without Crushing Them Harvard Business Review, Michelle Gielan March 21, 2016 After a talk I recently gave on positive psychology at a large multinational company, a senior leader told me, “I’m going to use this to fuel my team’s success, so I’ve decided to only talk about good things…
Challenge to Managers: Lead with Positivity Society for Human Resource Management, Michael Woodward, Ph.D. February 2016 I recently had the opportunity to give the closing keynote at the IBM Smarter Workforce Summit, an annual gathering of HR professionals and consultants. In my attempt to avoid the standard fare for this type of talk—long lectures and rousing motivational…
The Busier You Are, the More You Need Mindfulness Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan December 2015 The most forward-looking companies are willing to take risks to achieve greatness. Most leaders give lip service to this idea, but few actually do it. We have worked with banks willing to take on toxic assets…
Does Your Personal Brand Broadcast Success? 5 Easy Actions You Can Take to Create Career Success Psychology Today, Michelle McQuaid October 2015 How do other people describe the way you work? Are you approachable and collaborative? Or maybe judgmental and controlling? Or perhaps even inspiring and empowering? The actions you take each day build your…
Consuming Negative News Can Make You Less Effective at Work Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan September 2015 We’ve known for some time now that hearing negative news broadcasts can have an immediate effect on your stress level, but new research we just conducted in partnership with Arianna Huffington shows how significant these negative…
JustGOODnews.BIZ, September 2015 Broadcasting Happiness at Work in News, in Life. Q&A with Author Michelle Gielan Can work be a happy place? Can employers make changes in the workplace to foster positive thinking and happiness and still accomplish their goals? Can work be fun? Author and journalist Michelle Gielan said all of these things are possible, and…
Turning Bad News into Good Greater Good, Jill Suttie October 2015 There’s a saying in journalism: “If it bleeds, it leads.” This means that if a story covers some kind of disaster or violent death, it garners attention and increases your audience or readership. But in Broadcasting Happiness, former broadcast journalist turned happiness researcher Michelle Gielan makes…
What Entrepreneurs Should Do First Thing in the Morning Entrepreneur, Dorrie Clark September 2015 How should successful entrepreneurs start their day? Some, like me, immediately crack open the newspaper. And for everyone else — whether your primary morning focus is working out at the gym, making coffee or driving to work — you’re likely consuming…
Make Yourself Immune to Secondhand Stress Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor & Michelle Gielan September 2015 Over the past decade, we have learned how our brains are hardwired for emotional contagion. Emotions spread via a wireless network of mirror neurons, which are tiny parts of the brain that allow us to empathize with others and…
Why Leaders Must Broadcast Happiness Fox Business, Dr. Michael Woody September 2015 As our work and personal lives continue to blend together so too has our understanding of happiness. Creating a happier life isn’t just about reading self-help books and reconciling with family. The fact is we spend most of our waking hours working, which means we…
