Creating Great Workplace Habits
41mGeneral2026-01-08
Authors

Gretchen Rubin
Author of best-selling books, including The Happiness Project
Course details
Join Gretchen Rubin, the New York Times best-selling author of The Four Tendencies, as she explores how to create effective workplace habits tailored to your unique personality and environment. Learn how to differentiate aims and goals, specify and track habits, and identify your work style and its impact on success. Gretchen also shares strategies to initiate new habits during life transitions, as well as monitor and maintain those habits through intentional scheduling and external accountability. This course is ideal for individual contributors and professionals across various industries who want to change how they work—and ensure that those changes actually stick.
Concepts
Introduction
- Create great workplace habits
Know Yourself
- Habit distinctions on how you work
- Habit distinctions to set you up for success
- The four tendencies
Define Your Habit
- Distinguish between aims and goals
- Specify your new habit
- Start a new habit during a bigger transition
Strategies to Get Started
- Monitor your activities
- Establish strong foundations
- Schedule with intention
- Rely on external accountability
Strategies to Overcome Obstacles
- Strategy for success - Abstaining vs. moderating
- Strategy for success - Make it convenient
- Strategy for success - Plan to fail
- Reward yourself for keeping a habit
Conclusion
- Change your habits to change your life