Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)
by Harvard Business Review
View on GoodreadsA compact HBR essay collection drawing together short pieces on happiness, well-being, and engagement at work — built for executives who won't read books but might read 100 pages.
Core ideas
- Workplace happiness is more about meaning, autonomy, and progress than about perks or salary above a threshold — the research is consistent across studies.
- Happiness at work isn't a soft goal; it's correlated with measurable performance gains, which is the editorial frame the collection uses to justify the topic to skeptical management readers.
- The format itself is the substance — the collection exemplifies the "read a little, apply a little" theory of executive education the HBR series operationalizes.
Published2017
Pages162
ISBN9781633693210
ReadNov 2023
