In 2015, I participated in a Zappos company culture boot camp, one of the most impactful learning experiences in my HR career. The boot camp emphasized how culture is critical to creating an engaged, ...

Decades of debate about human values may finally be resolved by a new model that reveals five core values that shape our choices, relationships, and sense of purpose.

After spending the last year researching and writing my new book, Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance, and Connection IRL, I've learned that we sometimes go ...

What are your values and how do they show up in your life, in your relationships, your work, your home and your finances? Now more than ever it's deeply important to create a framework for ways to ...

Decision-making can be overwhelming, especially when the stakes are high, but it doesn’t have to be. Your core values—the ...

Do you ever feel that you’re wandering in circles? We all do. And for good reason: It’s programmed into our nature. In 2009, a German scientist named Jan Souman took a group of subjects out to empty ...

Since the average person spends about one-third of their life working, their time on the job should be enjoyable, fulfilling, and engaging. Unfortunately, happiness at work has been declining, with ...

Most people try to control the wrong things that aren't controllable. This step is about learning to let go of those things ...

Macro changes - like a pandemic, shifting labor markets and rising interest rates - are completely out of our control. Without a solid foundation, changing market conditions can sink a business. How ...

Today, let’s journey through the key steps to defining core values that truly reflect the mission of your company. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential ...

When I ran into a former client at the grocery store, and asked him how things were going, I expected some polite small talk. Instead, what he said blew my mind. The guy (let’s call him Jim) was an ...