Celebrate to Win: How Acknowledging Accomplishments Can Fuel the Next One
By Whitney Johnson, Harvard Business Review As adults, we are often much better at work than we are at play. In fact, we seem to turn play into a form of work, one at which we are sadly less competent. Take, for example, office retirement and birthday parties, complete with balloons, pastries, and the requisite […]
Your People Want Purpose. Take These 3 Steps to Define Your ‘Why’
By Tony Tran, Fast Company In the early days of a company, or when just starting out as a team lead, it’s easier to stay focused on the main problem you’re trying to solve. But when you start to scale and grow your business and/or teams, perspectives become more diverse and problems become increasingly complex. […]
Exercise Alters Brain Chemistry to Protect Aging Synapses, Study Finds
By Good News Network When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that enhances the connections between neurons to maintain healthy cognition, a UC San Francisco study has found. This protective impact was found even in people whose brains at autopsy were riddled with toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer’s […]
GlobeSt: Company Selections for Marketing Influencers
By Natalie Dolce, GlobeSt Commercial real estate marketing, as we have said before, is not an easy message to craft given the number of stakeholders and the often complex message. It is no small feat when an individual “gets it” and doubly significant when a team is able to juggle the numerous moving parts that […]
The Science Behind Doing Good
By By Kristi Leimgruber, PhD, and Madeline Miles, BetterUp Empowering human transformation results in a deep and meaningful impact, for individuals and the teams, families, and communities around them. When humans transform, learn, and grow, they’re able to solve the toughest problems. When that transformation happens at scale, the world changes for the better. As […]
Tom Brady Surprises Brain Cancer Survivor With Super Bowl Tickets
By Sunny Skyz Noah Reeb captured Brady’s attention earlier in the season with a sign that read “Tom Brady helped me beat brain cancer”. Brady caught up with the young fan after the game and gave him a hat to commemorate the moment. It was an unforgettable moment for Noah. “I’ve kind of just loved […]
Harvard Business Review: Finding Success Starts with Finding Your Purpose
by John Coleman, Harvard Business Review In 1995, Bob Buford wrote the bestselling book Halftime, which popularized the concept of “moving from success to significance” in the second half of life. Buford realized that many businesspeople work their whole lives to achieve material success only to find their happiness and sense of purpose wanting when […]
The Small Victories That Make a Huge Difference in Our Daily Lives
By Good News Network From finding a $20 bill in an old jacket to finally finishing a TV series on the watchlist, the average person has four small wins a day, or 1,460 every year, according to a new survey. A poll of 2,004 Americans delved into the impact of life’s little successes and found […]
10 growth marketing experts share their 2022 predictions and New Year’s resolutions
By Miranda Halpern, TechCrunch This is a quiet period for marketing: End-of-year campaigns are already underway, teams are on holiday vacations and there’s little to do until after the new year. Setting aside the holiday spirit, this has been a difficult year for growth professionals. Most are still adapting to pandemic-driven changes to consumer habits, […]
Harvard Business Review: Our Favorite Management Tips of 2021
Another year, another set of challenges and responsibilities for managers to tackle. Hybrid work, the Great Resignation, mass burnout — on and on. Each weekday, in our Management Tip of the Day newsletter, HBR offers daily tips to help you better manage your teams — and yourselves — through this period of profound change and […]