Category Archives: Happy At Work
How to be happy at work
The six practices of happy, succesful workplaces
This chapter is not yet finished - but I really need your help, so I'm posting it now.
Am I on the right track? It kinda feels like the advice here is either too simple or too complex to be useful. I want people to read this chapter and be inspired by what other great companies … Continue Reading ››
Monday tip: Bring a co-worker a cup of coffee
This tip is really, really, really simple:
Bring a co-worker a cup of coffe.At some point during the day, without being asked, bring a co-worker a nice cup of hot coffee. Substitute tea, cocoa, a coke, etc. based on your co-workers preference. For extra bonus points:
- Do it … Continue Reading ››
Weekend videos
Mark Hurst emailed me some apetizers for the upcoming EureGEL conference.
I can't wait to go - GEL looks excellent!
Oneopenwindow is a pretty cool project which aims to collect lots of videos of people … Continue Reading ››
The top 10 advantages of low-rent living
Five great tips for successful success
Guy Kawasaki asks Seth Godin five questions, including "What are the five things that enabled you to be successful?". Seth answers:
- No ulterior motive. I rarely do A as a calculated tactic to get B. I do A because I believe in A, or it excites me or it’s the right thing to do. That’s … Continue Reading ››
Free presentation: Festival In The Workplace
As a warm-up event to the EuroGEL conference, Roosevelt Finlayson of the Bahamas and I will be doing a presentation titled Festival In The Workplace.
Roosevelt has been asking himself two simple questions:
- Why is it that many people around the world are demotivated and listless at work but when the … Continue Reading ››
Why secret salaries are a baaaaaad idea
Ask the CHO: Enjoying work itself
I'm taking questions about happiness at work, and Chris asked me a good one:
Why do you never talk about the happiness you can derive from work itself, but always about the ancillary parts, i.e. the relations you have with your colleagues? Surely the job itself should be the greatest contributor to your happiness at … Continue Reading ››
Monday Tip: Record a cheerful voicemail greeting
I know a lot of wonderful, cheerful people whose voicemail greetings sound like the recordings of a badly depressed person. "Hi," a slow, lifeless voice goes, "you've reached the voicemail of... [whoever]." Pause. "Please leave a message after the tone".
Meanwhile I'm wondering if I should … Continue Reading ››