Executive
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Most people think success is the key to happiness, but they are mistaken. Happiness is the key to success. According to the best research, to be successful in life, one should understand happiness and learn to manage your own and others to greater happiness. Unfortunately, most people have to learn this fact by hard experience. Happiness expert Arthur Brooks shows that behind this problem lies an enormous opportunity for leaders to improve happiness practices internally to their organizations—which in turn, raises workplace engagement, facilitates recruitment, and increases retention and productivity. Indeed, companies can establish a culture of meaning, purpose, and job satisfaction—and can thus prosper in highly-competitive labor markets where culture and quality of life are so critical.

Most people are good at managing the technical aspects of life such as their portfolios and their companies. But managing their own feelings is a big mystery, and an enormous barrier to personal and professional happiness. This session introduces the fascinating science of emotional self-management. With knowledge and a few changes in habits, each of us can take control of our emotions and lead lives that are more satisfying and successful.

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The core driver of job dissatisfaction, disengagement, and turnover is a difficult problem to solve: the lack of meaning in one’s work. What does meaning mean when it comes to the workplace? How can leaders and employees—no matter their current position—find meaning in their jobs? And how can leaders reorganize their company culture to build a more meaningful workplace? In this session, Arthur explores the fascinating social science underpinning meaning at work, and suggest ways for individuals and organizations to capture it.

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Volatile periods of change and uncertainty are drivers of fear, and a major source of personal and professional unhappiness. Fortunately, the best science has answers on how to boost morale and happiness in the workplace, which (as the data show) spur better firm performance and value, even amid challenging times. In this session, Harvard Business School Professor Arthur Brooks explores this data and provides strategies for leaders to understand and improve their management styles—specifically to improve morale and performance, no matter the business climate.

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The term “work-life balance” is all the rage, but many of us—especially strivers—have an allergic reaction to it. What lies behind the compulsion to work? In this session, Arthur Brooks investigates the social science underpinning success addiction, which, in the long-run, nearly always leads to misery. He explores a better way forward, during which individuals can chase success healthily, and not at the expense of the relationships that matter most.

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How will you change over the next several decades? And what should you focus on to build a happier life? In this closing session, Arthur covers insights from his New York Times bestselling book From Strength to Strength, and argues that your path to a better life begins today.

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