8 Principles From Some of the Best Workplaces on the Planet
In January 2016, Joost Minnaar and Pim de Morree quit their boring corporate jobs to travel the world and visit the world’s most radical and engaged workplaces.
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How to Facilitate Change in Your Organisation
Sometimes, the best way to facilitate change in an organisation is to behave as though you have no authority – suggesting best practice, rather than imposing change on others. In this blog, Happy’s Senior Facilitator Paul Gapper takes a look at the ways you can facilitate change positively within your organisation.
4 Tips for Giving Effective Presentations
Glossophobia, or the fear of public speaking, is incredibly common – impacting up to 75% of people globally. In this blog, Billy gives four recommendations for how you can fight the fear and give effective presentations.
4 Ways of Preparing For and Coping With Change
How do you cope with change? In this blog, Billy highlights four ways to manage change positively, both at work and at home.
How to Create Better Pie Charts in Excel
Learn how to create a pie chart that looks great while displaying your data in a clear way in this two-minute productivity video.
How Well Do Your Staff Know Your Organisation’s Finances?
How would your organisation be different if everyone knew the organisation’s finances in detail? In this two-minute video, Pim de Morre explains what happened in a cookie factory when the Director explained the costs that went into producing each bag and why he couldn’t give staff payrises.
4 Tips for Giving Positive, Constructive Appraisals
While there has been a lot of buzz around removing appraisals and changing to a coaching culture, there are some areas where this just isn’t possible. In this blog, Billy gives his four tips for how you can ensure you have a positive, constructive appraisal.
How to Transform Diminishing Behaviours into Multiplying Ones
Could you be an accidental diminisher? In this blog, Billy looks at some of the ways that managers can reshape their behaviour to multiply their team, giving their team more autonomy and trust.
How To Use Styles To Format Your Documents With One Click
Learn how to create your own custom Style in Microsoft Word so you can format certain elements with just one click in our two-minute video.
How to build a profitable business based on Servant Leadership
‘Can the employee and employer serve each other for the greater good – while still being a profitable business?’, asked Simon Lawson in his Masters dissertation. And at Lawsons, a family business that supplies building materials to the London area, Simon has achieved that.
