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When most people think about improving workplace health, they think of green cleaning methods or washing their hands before eating. However, another aspect of health and wellness in the workplace […]

To be successful in business communication, you need to be able to leverage certain types of business communication skills effectively. Some of these abilities include strong written and verbal communication, […]

Great ideas in philosophy often come in dense packages. Then there is where the work of Marcus Aurelius.

The New York Post reports that CEO turnover is the highest it has been in eight years. However, according to the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), executive churn is a […]

Strong interpersonal skills are the “soft skills” that help us successfully live, work, collaborate, and exist with others. Professionals with strong interpersonal skills hone these capabilities through daily practice and […]

A new study contests the benefits of meditation in the workplace. We show everything that’s wrong with the research.

Consider stress junk food for your brain, while meditation is the gym that can repair and reshape you after years of a bad brain diet.

There are a number of different tests, including those developed by experts and free tools you can access online.

In any successful workplace, it is important to have employees and leaders who have the “people skills” that help them make better decisions and learn successfully from others. It is […]

Two meditation pioneers, Daniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson, answer that question in their new book, Altered Traits.

What is it that separates an average-performing employee from a truly exceptional employee? While there are many things that can set one employee apart from the rest in terms of […]

If you want to feel less pain, meditate more often. According to this new research, it can genuinely erase the emotional reaction to pain. And since it’s long been said by coaches and some doctors that most pain is within the mind, here’s scientific proof to back that assertion up.

There are certain skill sets that are crucial for professionals to be able to exercise in their work environment. Regardless of your industry, interpersonal skills (such as being able to […]

Your mind doesn’t run parallel tasks, it has to trade off one focus for another. The good news is that mindfulness meditation can hone your attention span, and reduce stress and anxiety.

Meditation is a lot more than just chilling out and reflecting. It can actually rewire your brain to become a better person.

In this new study, mindfulness-based intervention in schools did not move the needle on teen anxiety, depression, or body image problems.

Every year, companies try to do things better, to find the most effective way to complete some task or to improve overall productivity. Employee learning programs play a massive part […]

Emotional intelligence is a double-edged sword: It helps us avoid common misunderstandings that result in hurt feelings, but in the wrong hands, it can become a tool of manipulation.

The cognitive drain of switching tasks—”multitasking”—is more harmful to your brain than smoking marijuana, which studies have shown impedes concentration and memory formation.

Because the tone of a conversation affects how we react, and because physical cues help set tone, emoticons are much more than cute or trite. 

People who leave comments in online forums to deliberately provoke angry and emotional reactions from others are not much nicer in real life, according to a study published in the journal Identity and Personal Differences.

It doesn’t take a study to explain that being better able to listen to and understand others will make you more successful in your career and your relationships. 

Behavioral scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists have identified attitudes, beliefs, and other factors that contribute to risky behavior.

Getting risk wrong leads to dangers all by itself, and we will remain vulnerable to these mistakes until we let go of our naïve post-Enlightenment faith in reason and accept that risk perception is inescapably an affective system, not just a matter of rationally figuring out the facts. 

A subtle but undeniable shift has been taking place in American corporate management theory. Roughly, the change corresponds to psychology’s shift from punishment & reward focused Skinnerian behavioralism to a focus on human relationships and development. 

Changing social and battlefield landscapes require a new kind of soldier, says retired Navy officer Dr. Amy Fraher. Emotional intelligence must supplement technical knowledge.

Many companies extol the value of work-life balance for their employees, but the reality for senior executives? There isn’t any. 

What makes some brains smarter than others? Are intelligent people better at storing and retrieving memories? Or perhaps their neurons have more connections allowing them to creatively combine dissimilar ideas?

A conversation with psychologist and author Daniel Goleman.

Daniel Goleman on playing well with others