By Knowledge@Wharton — 2014
Adam Grant interviews Arianna Huffington, who shares the small steps anyone can take to rebalance their priorities, and how she is encouraging her employees to do the same.
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his fall, Ku Stevens became the fastest cross-country runner in Nevada. But he would be running even if he wasn’t winning.
You will never figure out “how” until you are clear on “why.”
What matters is not so much the “what” of a job, but more the “who” and the “why”: Job satisfaction comes from people, values, and a sense of accomplishment.
Social belonging is a fundamental human need, hardwired into our DNA. And yet, 40% of people say that they feel isolated at work, and the result has been lower organizational commitment and engagement.
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Leaving your job when the economy is in the toilet isn’t the safest choice—but there are other things to take into consideration.
Emotional intelligence is a set of skills you can get better at with practice. Here are five skills you can cultivate to make you a more emotionally intelligent person.
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How Pamela Abalu got out of the cubicle hamster wheel with a single mantra: “Work is love made visible.”
“The one non-negotiable is to create a culture of what we call ‘compassionate directness’, where people are empowered to express concerns, dissatisfactions, good ideas they have—and to do it in a compassionate way,”