8 Tips for Making a Presentation that Dazzles Your Boss with Your Creativity Entrepreneur, John Boitnott June 21, 2016 As if the pressure to develop and deliver a presentation that excites your audience weren’t enough, trying to impress your boss with that presentation is a whole other set of concerns. In most cases, if you plan with…
7 Top Positive Psychology Courses You Can Take Online Live Happy, Emily Wise Miller June 13, 2016 Boost your Happiness IQ from the comfort of your own computer. What brings a sense of purpose to our lives? Why is gratitude such an important factor in well-being? How can I be happier and bring a sense of authentic…
Bad News Not Necessarily Bad for Employee Engagement Long-Term Living, Nicole Stempak March 28, 2016 You don’t need to sugarcoat the news to keep employees engaged. In 2015, Michelle Gielan conducted a study with Arianna Huffington and researchers Shawn Achor and Brent Furl to see how people react to bad news. They found that watching…
Here’s a Powerful Strategy for Calming Your Anxious Mind Huffington Post, Lisa Capretto, OWN March 28, 2016 There are plenty of reasons to turn to meditation to help alleviate your stress, but if that doesn’t seem like your thing, positive psychology researcher Michelle Gielan wants you to try something else: fact-checking. Gielan is the founder of the…
Three Things You Think Will Make You Happier at Work (But Won’t) The Guardian, Charlotte Seager March 28, 2016 For many of us, work’s not working out. Mundane tasks, too much to do and the nagging feeling that your job may be, well, meaningless – mean that 47% of people in the UK want to change jobs.…
How to Take Control of Any Conversation Huffington Post, Ashley Hamilton March 16, 2016 The next time you walk into an important meeting, think carefully about your first few words. According to positive psychology researcher and author Michelle Gielan, the initial words we speak have a huge impact on how well — or not so well…
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…
Stress Is Actually Contagious—Here’s How to Make Yourself Immune Greatist | Locke Hughes, November 2015 Imagine this: You hit the gym for a morning workout and stroll into the office on time, ready for the day. Then you catch a glimpse of your coworker, sighing loudly and shuffling through papers. A few minutes later, you start…
Does Your Personal Brand Broadcast Success? Michelle McQuaid | Huffington Post, 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 personal brand. The way you think, the way you feel…
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…
