"The first big mistake that people make is thinking that happiness is a feeling," Arthur Brooks, professor at Harvard Business School and author of the forthcoming book The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life, says.
The struggle to properly respond to feedback stems from balancing emotional reactions with professional expectations. Individuals managing feedback should strive for a measured response that still conveys sincerity.
Building great teams is not about hiring stars. Many leaders believe that building a high-performing team requires hiring star employees. However, intelligence, abilities, and personalities are poor predictors of how people behave in teams and what they can contribute to a team's success.
The AI interview tool was robotic and lacked emotional intelligence, creating a scenario that felt detached and unengaging, ultimately leading to a negative experience.
According to executive director Amy Gray, Grace Art Camp, at its core, is not just about making art - it's about using art as a language for learning.
When you first become aware of a conflict, there is often an emotional reaction that goes along with any contradiction or disagreement that you may recognize cognitively. This duality to a conflict reflects the distinction made in psychology between hot (that is emotional) states and cool (that is cognitive) states.
As AI-driven tools begin to replace or accelerate our traditional 'white collar' responsibilities, the most effective employees will be the ones who learn to mix the beauty of art and the precision of science.
"When you grow up around a caregiver that was constantly judging or complaining about people behind their back but they did it in front of you, you may or may not have thought 'Wow, mom or dad- they're really judgmental.' But what you might have absorbed is the fear that people are judging you behind your back..."