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Transparency and Job Ownership at ATS UK Ltd

This year at Advanced Technology Services UK Limited, Derek Hill and his team have focused on increasing transparency and job ownership. This is particularly important as ATS has 185 locations across the globe, primarily in the US, Mexico and UK, and need ways to maintain and strengthen their company culture across borders. In this short video from the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Derek explains what ATS has done to increase transparency and job ownership across the business.

How to Use Flash Fill in Excel

Flash Fill is one of the best tools in Excel - but not many people know about it! It's only available in Excel 2013 and 2016. Learn how it works in this two-minute video.

We are monitoring the current Coronavirus outbreak very closely. Here is our current policy regarding our training centre, our online learning programme and what to do if you are not able to attend.

Save Time in Excel with Autofill

Autofill is one of our favourite Excel tools for saving time. In this two-minute video, Nicky explains how you can use Autofill when creating a small budget spreadsheet from scratch so you hardly have to type a thing.

Public Course Dates for Google Sheets Now Live

We have had lots of requests for Google Sheets, as many organisations (particularly charities and public sector) have made the switch to G Suite from Office 365. We have now created equivalent courses for Levels 1, 2 and 3.

How Sky UK's HR Department has Embraced Design Thinking

At Sky UK, they have embraced Design Thinking to tackle common HR issues. Design Thinking is a methodology that provides a solution-based, human approach to problems. It aims to create multiple ideas during brainstorming, which can then be prototyped and tested in a empathetic way that people can easily understand. For Sky, in the final stage, they test people's reactions and gauge if it 'wows'. In this short video from the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Tracey Waters explains how they applied Design Thinking to the question 'how might we help people at Sky have a fulfilling career?'

What Would Your Team Be Like if Everyone Was Working to Their Strengths?

At Happy, we use the Strengths Finder by Marcus Buckingham to find out what each team member's strengths are. In each team, everyone shares their strengths and the tasks that they enjoy doing the most to ensure that everyone can work to their strengths as much as possible. What would your team be like if everyone was working to their strengths? How much more productive would they be? In this short video from the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Cathy Busani, Happy's Managing Director, explains the benefits of working to your strengths.

Happy's Trainers Recognised in 2019 Coursecheck Brilliance Awards

The quality of our training has recently been recognised in the Coursecheck Brilliance Awards 2019, with the Highest Rated Trainers award of their large learning providers.

Happy's January competition is back, with another set of fantastic prizes. In 2020 we are focusing on mental health — for a chance to win, tell us what you will do to improve your mental health this year. Closing date: midnight on 31st January.

How Mayden Got Rid of the Managers

In 2013, Mayden decided to become a self-managing organisation, comprised of autonomous teams. Their three line managers had left the organisation, gone on maternity leave or moved to a new role within the organisation, so it seemed like the perfect time. But it wasn't without some teething problems at the start. In this short video from the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Alison Sturgess-Durden explains how they created the structures and processes to enable this system to be a success.