The Happiness Advantage:

Linking Positive Brains to Performance

April 18, 2011
Presented by:
Shawn Achor
Harvard University
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Professor, Harvard University
Researcher/Educator on Positive
Psychology and science behind individual
happiness and organizational success
Latest book, The Happiness Advantage
Featured in NY Times, Boston Globe,
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Frequent keynote speaker on overcoming
increasing workloads, negativity & stress
Todays Speaker: Shawn Achor
The Happiness Advantage:
The Link Between Happiness and Success
Shawn Achor
Training Industry
April 2011
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Escaping the Cult of the Average
Ripple Effects and Mirror Neurons
Positive individual changes ripple to culture
change
Case study: Studying Outliers
Harvard University
Positive Brains and Success
The Silent 75%
Positivity and Performance
(Hom and Arbuckle, 1988)
Happiness and Intelligence
(Estrada, Isen and Young, 1997)
The Thinker and the J erk
The Happiness Advantage
Better secure jobs,
Better keeping jobs,
Superior productivity,
More resilient,
Less burnout,
Less turnover,
Greater sales
(Lyubomirsky, 2005)
Training Your Brain
The Tetris Effect:
Gratitude training
Small Changes Ripple Outward
Creating lasting positive change
3 Gratitudes (Emmons & McCullough, 2003)
J ournaling (Slatcher & Pennebaker, 2006)
Exercise (Babyak et al., 2000)
Meditation (Dweck, 2007)
Random Acts of Kindness (Lyubomirsky, 2005)
Activation Energy
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shawn@goodthinkinc.com
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