“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.” Edith Wharton Past studies suggest that while 50% of happiness is due to situational factors like health, relationships, and career, the other 50% is due to genes. Although there is much debate about genetic “set points” for happiness, we can significantly […]

“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.” Robert Frost So, can you have it all? In the last Blog I shared an interesting new research study on 9,627 leaders in 33 countries and those who were rated as being more “balanced” significantly predicted career advancement […]

“Life is like riding a bicycle.  To keep your balance you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein Perceptions of stress at work are quite high with several studies and our own research with our stress/health assessment StressScan suggesting that 20% to 65% of all employees rate their jobs as being very or extremely challenging ((Nowack, K. […]

“Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.” Bill Waterson We all know that bad moods catch like colds at work and can affect both individual and team performance ((Sy, T. (2005).  The contagious leader: Impact of the leader’s mood of group members, group affective tone and group process. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, […]

“I feel my best when I’m happy.” Winona Ryder Emotions do indeed play a role in productivity, morale and customer service. Any guess what medical condition or health risk is the most costly to employers?  If you guessed stress, smoking, obesity, inactivity or diabetes you are way off the mark.  In fact, the most costly […]