Cracking jokes in the office might seem like a shortcut to likability or leadership. But new research shows that humor at work is a gamble, and the costs of a flop are often greater than the rewards ...

How do you develop motivation? Motivation is the affirmative desire to accomplish something, but it isn’t a prerequisite for accomplishing it. However, it sure can help. When you’re not feeling ...

Why do we laugh at movies like Office Space or shows like The Office? What’s so funny about work? For one student in the GGSC’s online Foundations of Happiness at Work course, humor is found in ...

Over Jayna Fey’s 15 years in the workforce, she’s been called too assertive, too comfortable, too “frowny,” too familiar. Accurate or not, she used to make self-deprecating jokes about these traits.

Would you rather scroll funny cat memes, get nostalgic over ’90s cartoons or ask Siri to do silly things rather than tackle your to-do list? Us too! But eventually, we all need to get down to business ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. There's no shortage of advice for female leaders, and the latest is ...

So much has changed in the world of work during the past few decades. How we work looks different now, and these changes have only accelerated in the past two years as the pandemic abruptly altered ...