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Monthly Archives: December 2007

Happy At Work

Who cares about your job title – tell me what you DO!

December 19, 2007 Alexander 45 Comments
Business card
"What do you do for a living?" Whenever you meet new people, some variant of this question is bound to come up, and probably pretty early on in the conversation too. And here's something I've noticed: When you ask people what they do, most people will give you their job title. As in "I'm … Continue Reading ››
Happy At Work, Leadership, Quotes

Quote

December 19, 2007 Alexander 5 Comments
QuoteCreating peak experiences for employees and customers is a no-brainer. You gotta do it. - Chip Conley I agree - it's a total no-brainer! It's also easy. And cheap. And companies who do it find that it makes them a LOT of money. Of course my interest is in creating peak experiences for … Continue Reading ››
Ask the CHO, Happy At Work

“Office Lady” from Hong Kong is back – and still not happy at work

December 18, 2007 Alexander 18 Comments
Ask the CHOA while back I got a comment from Office Lady in Hong Kong who wrote that:
I’ve been miserable at work and, although it took me almost a year, I eventually built up the courage, and I’ve finally quit my job!! I think it’s one of the best decisions I’ve … Continue Reading ››
The Site

It’s true – I’ve been a bad boy

December 18, 2007 Alexander 4 Comments
Sorry
I must apologize - I haven't been responding to comments on my blog at all for the last month or so and I've been seriously lax about it for about three months before that. Two readers called me on it in the comments - thank you!! I needed the wake-up call. I … Continue Reading ››
Happy At Work, Speaking

Thank you, Indore (India)

December 13, 2007 Alexander 16 Comments
Happy at work in India Making people happy at work in India
I'm back. I'm beat. And no wonder - in 11 days I went Copenhagen - Chicago - London - Bombay - Indore - Bombay - London - Copenhagen. India, especially, was great. Going there was an absolutely amazing experience. I don't hesitate to … Continue Reading ››
Happy At Work, Quotes

Happiness in achievement

December 12, 2007 Alexander 7 Comments
Stone sculptureMy friend Annette (who is the CEO of Årstiderne) sent me these inspiring words:
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement, the thrill of creative effort. The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. Happiness does not come from doing easy work. It comes from the afterglow of satisfaction … Continue Reading ››
Happy At Work, Speaking

IMA presentation

December 8, 2007 Alexander 19 Comments
I would like to say a warm thank you to everyone who attended my presentation at the Indore Management Association's conference. It was an absolute pleasure. As I said, I do believe that India has a unique chance right now to become not only prosperous but happy - and that means creating lots of happiness at … Continue Reading ››
Happy At Work

Happiness at work – 5 tips to try today!

December 3, 2007 Alexander 9 Comments
FiveJames Parr at Omniblog has a great post on happiness at work, and how any company can become happy:
Now you might sit here reading this and thinking “yeah, that’s all very well in another company, but in ours where we’re just making widgets day in day out, who’s going to … Continue Reading ››
Happy At Work

Branding yourself with happiness

December 3, 2007 Alexander 6 Comments
Dan SchawbelWhile I'm traveling the world making people happy at work, here is a guest post by Dan Schawbel. Dan is the lead personal branding expert for generation-y. He blogs at The Personal Branding Blog, publishes Personal Branding Magazine, directs Personal Branding TV, and is the … Continue Reading ››

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