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We can all admit that our actions aren’t always entirely pleasant. This could be caused by external stresses, unsatisfied expectations or self-involved flutters of the ego. Accordingly, we often face difficult situations or somewhat fractious interactions with the people we encounter in our day-to-day lives.
We recently attended a free seminar hosted by Herman Miller and Office Principles, with talks by Bertie van Wyk and Hannah Nardini. The theme was based around the idea of creating more productive and profitable workplaces by improving general staff happiness and wellbeing. They had some brilliant ideas about how this can be achieved – and many of their ideas are easy and can be implemented straight away. Here were our five favourite tips from the day.
"Thank you." These simple words are two of the most important in your vocabulary. But when was the last time that you said thank you to a colleague?
As you may have guessed from the name, multinational craft beer chain BrewDog is very dog-friendly. Dogs are welcome in each of their 47 bars, and their head office in Scotland has 50 office dogs. However, they have now taken this a step further, launching a new Puppy Parental Leave scheme for all members of staff.
On 6th February we are holding the 3rd UK Beyond Budgeting conference, in partnership with the Beyond Budgeting Institute. Speakers like Bjarte Bogsnes of Norway’s Statoil, and Mira Gvozdenovic of Coloplast in Denmark – and several more – will explain how their huge organisations run without annual budgets.
On our four day Happy Workplace Leadership Programme, we have introduced a section on being productive rather than busy. We share tips and challenge participants to take control in three key areas: email, meetings and distractions. Take control over your email, meetings and distractions with these 10 top productivity tips.
Learn the four key trends in learning that make DIY eLearning a realistic undertaking for your organisation, in this latest blog from Happy.
We’ve had some fantastic reviews on our Google My Business listing from people who have come to our Happy Computers training courses recently – all of these are genuine reviews from real customers in November 2016.
On 13th October 2016, Henry Stewart hosting a webinar about the secrets of creating a happy, productive workplaces – and you can view a recording of this above. Thank you to all who joined us – and for those who couldn’t, we hope you enjoy the recording and that you can join us at a future event.
Next Jump was described by Inc magazine as “the most successful company you’ve never heard of.” It numbers 70% of the Fortune 1000 among its clients and has sales of over $3 billion. And it has one of the most innovative cultures I have ever come across. Here are some of the elements that make it a unique place to work: