By investing in its people, US e-commerce company Next Jump has experienced both revenue growth and business transformation. In this talk at the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Kevin and Chris from Next Jump explain how to navigate the "lying, hiding, faking" problem and how investing in leadership development will get you to Beyond Budgeting.
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.
We all hate tedious paperwork. Filling out transport claim documents, internal KPI tracking documentation, expenses claims… All these things can utterly drain your soul, but we do it because we must, because it’s important. But is it? Well, Michele Zanini would say no, or at the very least, not always, in this talk from the 2024 Happy Workplaces Conference.
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.
For years we’ve talked about empowering people to find their own route to an agreed goal. But is that enough? Does setting the goal itself limit the possibilities? Given the three levels below, what can we do to move to self-management?
"We're a relationship charity, and we want to invest as much time in our team and their relationships at work as we do with our clients," says Michelle Hill, CEO of TLC: Talk, Listen, Change. "We want them to have a workplace where they feel valued and where they want to do their best work. I think the more we invest in wellbeing and the team being happier, the better the results are."
Think about the people you work with - those who work with you and your customers and your suppliers. Where could you make more of a real personal connection that would make life better for you and them?
The only class I ever got thrown out of at school was art. The teacher and I both knew I was no artist. Although I make my own Christmas cards and enjoy photography, I have always firmly believed that I can’t draw and I’m not creative.
Unleash the power of the people in your workplace. Isn't that what democracy is about?
Last month, I asked in my newsletter and on LinkedIn for your favourite business reads of 2017. Here is a selection from the responses I received.
This one-day course is for expert Excel users who have never used Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and who would like to learn how to automate repetitive tasks. This course moves at a fast pace and is an introduction to the basics of editing macros.
Getting the right people in the right seats in a workplace is absolutely key to its success. But so often organisations get it wrong. How do you recruit new members of staff? Are you struggling to find and hire the best candidates? At Happy, we have developed a different approach to recruitment. Our ethos is all about ‘hire for attitude, train for skill’. We don’t get people to talk about their ability to do the job – we get them to show us what they can do. In this one-day workshop, we will share with you Happy’s method of recruiting staff and how to create job descriptions that accurately reflect what’s needed to make sure you get it right first time. Plus, you will explore what is needed to set up your new recruits’ to succeed during their probation period.
The fifth annual Happy Workplaces Conference took place in London on June 14, 2017. The conference looked at how engaged workplaces are more profitable and incur lower costs, as well as the tendency for happy workplaces to have higher staff retention, offer more flexibility and be more productive. Here are 10 essential takeaways from the conference.
In June, Happy hosted our annual 2017 Happy Workplaces CEO Conference in London. Here are the top 10 take-aways from the attendees on the day.
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