Achieving happiness while being successful in your career. What is the nature of human happiness and how do we attain it throughout our professional lives? And is it even worth striving for? This book explores answers to these questions through research on how happiness is measured, conditions for personal behavior, management techniques that promote happiness in the workplace, and warnings that highlight where the hype around happiness has been exaggerated.

This volume includes works by:

• Daniel Gilbert
• Annie McKee
• Gretchen Spreitzer
• Teresa M. Amabile

This collection of articles features:

• "Happiness is not the absence of negative feelings" by Jennifer Moss
• "Being happy at work is important" by Annie McKee
• "The Science Behind the Smile," an interview with Daniel Gilbert by Gardiner Morse
• "The Power of Small Wins" by Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
• "Creating Sustainable Performance" by Gretchen Spreitzer and Christine Porath
• "The Research We’ve Ignored About Happiness at Work" by André Spice and Carl Cedarström
• "The Setbacks of Happiness" by Alison Beard.

How to be human at work. The HBR Emotional Intelligence Series offers insightful, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series presents proven research that shows how our emotions affect our work lives, practical advice for dealing with difficult people and situations, as well as inspiring essays on what it means to nurture our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are crucial for ambitious professionals.