Happy at work blogs

Happy ducks (and blogs)Here are my favorite blogs that talk about happiness at work. Enjoy!

The Lazy Way to Success
Excellent blog by Fred Gratzon on why hard work is overrated and laziness is a much better path to success.

Creating passionate users
One of the best blogs out there in any category, and many of Kathy Sierra’s ideas on creating passionate users apply equally to creating passionate workplaces.

Work Matters
Great thinking from Bob Sutton on leadership and organization.

The Play Ethic
About play at work and in schools.

Bernie deKoven’s FunLog
A great, great blog about play.

Slow Leadership
Excellent thinking on a much healthier and sounder form of leadership.

WorldBlu
Traci Fenton’s groundbreaking thinking on democracy in the workplace.

Anecdote
This company works with stories to create change and seem to keep one eye on happiness at all times.

Happiness & Public Policy
On happiness in society in general.

Have I missed any? Write a comment if you know a good blog about happiness at work!

UPDATE:
Added Here We Are. Now What?
Terry Seamon blogs on leadership, work, change and more.

Also added The Performance & Talent Management Blog
Max Goldman’s great blog at successfactors.com.

And I can’t believe I forgot Make it great
Where Phil Gerbyshak challenges us all to make it a great day rather than merely a good one!

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8 responses to “Happy at work blogs”

  1. Dirceu Pereira Tiegs Avatar

    Thank you very much!

    I already knew some blogs of this list, but many of them I didn’t know and are very interesting – and, of course, your blog is the best. :-)

    Thank you for so many interesting material and be sure that I will buy your book when it reaches the stores!

    Happinnes and success!

  2. Terrence Seamon Avatar

    Great list. Thanks.

    Maybe you’d consider adding my blog to the list?

    http://learningvoyager.blogspot.com/2006/09/summoning-positive-energy.html

    Terry

  3. Pauly Avatar
    Pauly

    As I said :)
    http://www.joelonsoftware.com
    A kind of happy company I would like to work for.

  4. Alexander Avatar

    Dirceu: Thank you very much. I’m blushing here :o)

    Terry: Great blog you have – you’re going on the list! I especially liked your post on “Real leaders ask for help” at
    http://learningvoyager.blogspot.com/2006/09/real-leaders-ask-for-help.html

    Pauly: Joel is truly an inspiration with a very strong focus on making people happy at work even if he never uses those exact words.

  5. Terrence Seamon Avatar

    Your update has made my day!

    Thanks, Alexander.

    Terry

  6. […] Here are some more of my favorites, that I follow closely and here’s my previous crop of Happy At Work blogs. […]

  7. Phil Gerbyshak Avatar

    Thanks Alex! I’m glad to be among the other greats you mentioned. Quite an honor!

  8. Miekellee Avatar

    Hi Alex ! Today I met my dream ! I wanted to be a teacher for joy at work! A dream ? You succed! Just tell me more for that. I wrote a book too, in french whose tite is My job, from fear to pleasure. It will be nice to speak about.. I just need to find how to translate my blog into english!

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