June O’Sullivan MBE, LEYF - June O’Sullivan MBE, LEYF - How to Keep Your Staff Happy
June O'Sullivan of LEYF works hard to keep her staff happy, and reveals how she does it in this short video.
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Claire Lickman
Claire is Head of Marketing at Happy. She has worked at Happy since 2016, and is responsible for Happy's marketing strategy, website, social media and more. Claire first heard about Happy in 2012 when she attended a mix of IT and personal development courses. These courses were life-changing and she has been a fan of Happy ever since. She has a personal blog at lecari.co.uk.
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What is Mindfulness?
Paul Gapper of Happy Ltd explains about mindfulness and what it is, in this short video - with an excellent comparison to David Attenborough.
Rekha Mehr, MassChallenge UK – How are Large Organisations Like Ocean Liners?
Rekha Mehr of MassChallenge UK talks about creating change and innovation in the public sector in this short video.
4 Lessons From the 2016 Transforming the Public Sector Conference
Tuesday 9th February, Happy and Epic CIC hosted the 2016 Transforming the Public Sector conference at Kensington Town Hall in London. The conference focused on encouraging change within the public sector to improve staff engagement, happiness, and productivity, with real life examples from the speakers.
Update on our Drupal Apprentices
We’ve had an amazing start to 2016! We now have Drupal Apprenticeship groups running in Carlisle, Manchester and London. All groups will be completing the Drupal Web Developer Apprenticeship qualification.
Andy Copsey, COO, Handelsbanken: the UK’s fastest growing bank
Andy Copsey is the Chief Operating Officer of Handelsbanken in the UK, where he has overseen the bank’s unprecedented growth following the financial sector crisis in 2008.
Jesper Krüger on Driving Performance at AP Moller Maersk
Jesper Krüger is Head of Group Performance and Analysis at AP Moller Maersk. Jesper’s Performance and Analysis team is responsible for driving the company’s short-term and long-term planning cycles, and for analysing, tracking and challenging the performance of business units within the APMM Group against their strategic ambitions.
Learning Nuggets from Dom Monkhouse, Happy Workplaces Conference 2014
At the 2014 Happy Workplaces Conference, in this two-minute video, Dom Monkhouse of Rackspace explains what he did to create a great workplace – including how he found 100 things to fix without spending any money.
Julian Birkinshaw from London Business School: Bureaucracy, Meritocracy and Adhocracy
Julian Birkinshaw is Professor and Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (UK), and a Fellow of the Academy of International Business. He is co-founder with Gary Hamel of the Management Lab (MLab). At Beyond Budgeting 2015, Professor Birkinshaw explored how organsations must adapt to the post-knowledge work era.
Creating a great place to work is strongly correlated with better financial performance
Nearly every measure of performance is improved if you create a happy workplace where staff are fully engaged. So, if you want to improve results, financial or otherwise, then one of the key things to focus on is making sure your people are happy and engaged at work. Here is some of the research to back it up — taken from the 2015 Happy Workplaces Conference.
