Post on 26-Mar-2015
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Happy at work
What is happinessat work?
Why should I care?
Alfred Josefsen“It's all about people”
Happiness at work is
IMPORTANT and SIMPLE
This guy? Or this guy?
Karl Marx Lenin
Soichoro Honda
Founder of Honda1906 - 1991
Happiness at work is:
A feeling of happinessderived from work.
Not job satisfactionor employee satisfaction
= booooooring
Happiness at work is NOT:
Just fun and games
Eternal
Being ecstatic
Happiness at work IS:
Different for everyone
Contagious
A choice
Makes you happy:
Nice colleagues and boss
Reasonable working hours
Making a difference
Does NOT make you happy:
High salary
Titles and promotions
Large office and otherpower symbols
Why does happiness at work matter?
For people...
For businesses...
Importance of work
TimeIdentitySuccess
Businesses want:innovation, trust,
productivity, drive, quality, customer service,rapid change, creativity,initiative, motivation, energy,determination, communicationcost effectiveness, clear thinking,good sales, strategies, courage,customer relations, good leadership,
low costs, new ideas, conflict resolution,good dialogue, good work relations, good supplier relations, sense of humour, willingness to go that extra mile, ideas,
and much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much more
Who will deliver?
absenteeism, low sales,bad customer service, low quality, conflict, inefficient communication, high employee turnover, increased training costs, low motivation, stress,no creativity, complaining,low productivity, burnout,low repeat business, bad word of mouth,
Unhappy companies burn money
Profits or happiness?
FALSE QUESTION
Happinessat work
Pro
fits
Profits AND happiness
The happy companies willbeat the unhappy ones