Dean’s Speaker Series: Managing Your Happiness – Arthur Brooks

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New York Times best selling author of From Strength to Strength and Build the Life You Want (with Oprah Winfrey), Arthur Brooks, will present “Managing Your Happiness” as part of the Dean’s Speaker Series. Discover how happiness is the true driver of success. Learn expert-backed strategies from Arthur Brooks to cultivate well-being for better engagement, productivity, and a thriving workplace culture.

Brooks is the author of 15 books, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers, Build the Life You Want, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, and From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. His next book, The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness, will be released on March 31, 2026.He is also the host of the weekly podcast “Office Hours with Arthur Brooks,” and a columnist at The Atlantic, where he writes the popular weekly “How to Build a Life” column.

Arthur Brooks is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. Brooks is one of the world’s leading experts on the science of human happiness, appearing in the media and traveling the world to teach people in private companies, universities, public agencies, and faith communities how they can live happier lives and bring greater well-being to others.

The lecture is sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business and the Center for Citizenship and Constitutional Government.

Free and open to the public. No tickets required.