Talent, Obama and Interconnected Success ATD, Shawn Achor May 30, 2018 Have you scanned the business magazine headlines lately? The scarcity of top talent may be the biggest issue on the minds of executives today in the quest to turn individual potential into organizational success. The data explains why. For instance, according to research from…
The Power of Others Live Happy, Shawn Achor May 25, 2018 What is big potential? Author and happiness expert Shawn Achor explains in this excerpt from his latest book. When George Lucas originally wrote the script to the billion-dollar Star Warsfranchise, the most iconic line in movie history—“May the Force be with you”—was not in it. Instead,…
How Kaiser Permanente turned Receptionists into Life-saving Heroes of the Hospital LinkedIn, Shawn Achor March 16, 2018 In December 2016, I was driven out in the middle of nowhere in Northern California on a cold, wet morning. Bewildered as to why we were venturing so far out from the city, I checked Google Maps more…
America’s Loneliest Workers, According to Research Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, Andrew Reece, and Alexi Robichaux March 19, 2018 A hundred fifty years ago, poet Emily Dickinson described loneliness as “the horror not to be surveyed, but skirted in the dark.” Had she been running a modern company, she might have felt differently. Loneliness…
How to Envision—and Reach—Your Big Potential Success Magazine, Shawn Achor February 20, 2018 If you ever brought home a bad grade, or just one below your normal standard, you probably remember an uncomfortable talk with your parents. They weren’t mad—just disappointed. You hadn’t lived up to your potential. If you’re a parent now, you might see things…
Why You Might Be Thinking About Success All Wrong Mind Body Green, Shawn Achor February 13, 2018 In Big Potential: How Transforming the Pursuit of Success Raises Our Achievement, Happiness, and Well-Being, positive psychology expert Shawn Achor reveals his top strategies for achieving success in your career and personal life. His secret? Build other people up first.…
Do Women’s Networking Events Move the Needle on Equality? Harvard Business Review, Shawn Achor February 13, 2018 Recently, I was flying home from the Conference for Women, where I had been invited to speak. I was carefully holding a copy of the conference program on my lap — my mom likes to save them, and I…
We’re Better Together Live Happy, Michelle Gielan + Shawn Achor January 22, 2018 Connect with others to transform your happiness. Michelle Gielan: Shawn, what led you to write your new book, Big Potential?Shawn Achor: Since writing The Happiness Advantage, I had a huge discovery. I became a father as you know [Note: Shawn and Michelle are married happiness researchers], and…