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Don’t Let Stress Kill Your Dreams—and Other Lessons from a Shipbuilder

Photo by Chris Cook This is a story about Robert—and all of us. Robert moved to the West Coast without a dime in his pocket. Over the next 30 years, he became mayor of a major city and owner of a successful shipbuilding business. At only 48 years of age, Robert was told the stress […]

What Do You Expect from Your Job?

Really? Is this a valid question? The business world is changing along with our expectations. More than ever, we are looking to work for an organization with vision and values that align with our own. We are seeking a sense of purpose in what we do and how we do it. Think about your own […]

A New Report on Workplace Happiness

Chris Cook, CEO of Capiche, and Jessica Pryce-Jones, founder of iOpener, in Oxford this summer. Chris is a licensed practitioner of iOpener Institute for People and Performance. Take the Happy at Work Survey to See Where You Stand For the second year in a row, the Wall Street Journal’s blog, The Source, has teamed up with the […]

If Happiness Drives Performance, How Do I Get Happy at Work?

In Happiness at Work: Maximizing your Psychological Capital for Success (2010), author Jessica Pryce-Jones takes her research with more than 3,000 respondents from 79 countries and gets to the heart of what drives happiness and (this is so cool!) found that happiness drives performance. Happiness at work is defined by Pryce-Jones as a mindset that […]

Happiness at Work

Chris Cook discusses the blossoming science of happiness at work. Q: How can organizations benefit from developing the capital within rather than hiring new employees? A: By helping employees achieve their potential, organizations are setting themselves up to gain a competitive advantage. Their employees will be more productive, creative, engaged and motivated, and they will […]