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Emma Rapoport: How Google ensured managers were better suited for their positions

Emma Rapoport, of Google, spoke at the Happy Workplaces conference about her experiences in management and leadership development as well as various other strengths.

Nigel Paine at Creating Happy Workplaces Conference 2013

Nigel Paine headed the BBC’s Learning and Development operation. He built an award winning Leadership programme, state of the art informal learning and knowledge sharing and one of the most successful and well used intranets in the corporate sector.

Kate Grimes – Autonomy and Patient Care in the NHS

Kate Grimes has risen from hospital porter to CEO of Kingston NHS. In this thoughtful presentation at the 2014 Happy Workplaces Conference, Kate explains how Kingston created its values-driven culture, promotes autonomy coupled with coaching and accreditation, and poses the question “If we know this stuff works so well, why doesn’t the NHS do more of it?”

Julian Birkinshaw – The Surprising Lead Indicator of Employee Engagement

This is a great presentation from Julian Birkinshaw (London Business School, Thinkers 50 UK Top Three) speaking at Happy Workplaces 2014, covering everything from habit formation, through road traffic planning, all the way to the surprising lead indicator of employee engagement. A LOT of delegates said they would revamp their upward appraisal process after listening to Julian’s presentation.

Henry Stewart – people work best when they feel good about themselves

Henry Stewart on why people work best when they feel good about themselves

Dom Monkhouse has built two £30 million businesses on the basis of unique cultures and creating great places to work in.

Bjarte Bogsnes at Beyond Budgeting 2014

In this talk from the 2014 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Bjarte Bogsnes uses engaging analogies to challenge the two main assumptions behind traditional management, that the future is predictable and that people can't be trusted, and to explain the principles of Beyond Budgeting. He summarises Statoil’s Beyond Budgeting journey, outlines some of the problems faced in implementing their ‘Ambition to Action’ strategy and answers questions from the floor.

Marion Janner, Director, Star Wards

Marion Janner, the Director of Star Wards, spoke at the recent Creating Happy Workplaces Conference about how she helped develop mental health wards through small, low-cost changes.https://www.happy.co.uk/umbraco/#tab69

Clive Hutchinson – Using your employees strengths to determine their role

Clive Hutchinson is the CEO of Cougar Automation, and he spoke to us during the Creating Happy Workplaces Conference about his focus on sustainable, profitable growth through customer service.

Alex Kjerulf – Why happy workplaces should be the norm

Alex is the founder of Woohooinc. and one of the world’s leading experts on happiness at work. He is the author of 3 books including the international bestseller Happy Hour is 9 to 5 – How to Love Your Job, Love Your Life and Kick Butt at Work.