The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Category: Happy At Work

How to be happy at work

  • Meet a very happy garbage man

    I sometimes hear this objection, when I give talks about happiness at work:

    “Being happy at work is nice, but clearly not everyone can love their job. What about garbage men, for example?”

    I hope this video can help fight that myth.

  • Join our “Leading With Happiness” seminar in Copenhagen

    Studies clearly show that a manager’s behavior has a huge influence on happiness at work. Good leaders motivate and energize their employees and create a level of happiness that make employees go the extra mile for the workplace and the customers. Bad managers on the other hand spread frustration and stress all around them.

    This Leading with Happiness seminar is based on the newest research and knowledge about Happiness at Work. It will be inspiring and with useful tools. There is a constant shift between presentation, videos, reflection, dialog and exercises.

    As a leader you will also get both the knowledge and tools you need to make your people happy at work. And it doesn’t take much. Happiness at work is not about raises, bonuses, perks and promotions – it comes from simple, effective actions that any leader ought to know and do.

    When & where

    Wednesday November 21st, 2018 from 9:00 – 16:00 in Copenhagen.

    Tickets

    See the full agenda and sign uo here.

  • Happiness at work is more powerful than you think

    I’ll be speaking at the HR Tech Fest conference in Sydney in October and in preparation, they have put together a great summary of our work headlined Workplace happiness is more powerful than you think. Read it and learn why happiness at work matters so much!

  • How common are good work days and what makes them good? See the results of our international survey.

    How common are good work days and what makes them good? See the results of our international survey.

    We all have good days and bad days at work and being happy at work is not just about avoiding having bad days at work – it requires having mostly good days, where we actively enjoy our work.

    But how often do people around the world have good work days and what makes them good? Is it about compensation, perks and promotions – or do we value other things more?

    Our brand new survey of more than 2,500 people worldwide shows how frequent good work days are and reveals their main causes.

    For instance, 1 in 3 say they have a good work day every day or almost every day – while 22% experience at most 2-3 good work days a month!

    Here are the most important findings from our survey.

    And here’s a video where we explain the survey and the main findings:

     

  • How to be an effective Chief Happiness Officer

    Jonathan Mostert has written his business school thesis on Chief Happiness Officers and I got a chance to interview him about his research.

    These are the questions we cover:

    • The question you looked at was ‘’How do chief happiness officer make sense of their profession?’’ What interested you about that question?
    • How many CHOs did you talk to? Who was your favorite example?
    • Some CHOs have it as a formal role, some just create it for themselves. How did that show up in your research?
    • What are some typical things CHOs do as part of their role? What was one of the best or most creative things you’ve seen a CHO do?
    • How do organizations typically react to a CHO?
    • What are some of the challenges of being a CHO?
    • What do organizations get out of having a CHO?
    • What makes a good CHO?

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  • Southwest flight attendant makes a dream come true

    Wow. Just wow.

    Tracy Sharp, a woman with Down’s syndrome, was talking to Vicki Heath, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, on a flight she was taking and shared that her dream was to be a flight attendant herself.

    Heath then did just about the coolest thing ever: She arranged for Tracy to join her on one of her flights as an assistant flight attendant. In the video above you can see just how awesome that went.

    There are many such stories of Southwest Airlines staff going above and beyond (this one is my favorite) and I think it just goes to show that when employees are happy, they are much more likely to do nice things for the customers and create good memories for others.

  • Last chance to take our International Survey on Happiness At Work

    Over 2,000 people have already taken our International Survey on Happiness At Work and we’re starting to see some fascinating results already.

    The final report showing which countries are happier at work and what makes them happy will be ready in time for the International Week of Happiness At Work which  runs from September 24-28.

    This means that the deadline for taking the survey is September 10, so we have time to crunch the numbers.

    So if you haven’t taken the survey already, please go here and do it – it only takes 4 minutes and you may even learn something about what makes you happy at work.

    And please share the survey with others – the more replies we get, the more relevant the results will be.

  • Happy workplaces wanted

    We are compiling a database of exceptionally happy workplaces around the world.

    Who do you think we should include? It can be any kind of workplace – big or small, government or private sector – as long as they are genuinely happy.

    Leave a comment if you know a workplace that belongs on the list.

  • Professor explains why you should never fake being happy at work

    Forget about trying to enforce positive emotions all the time. It requires extra effort and ends up being counter productive.

    Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., is the science director of the Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley and a leading expert on the neuroscience and psychology of compassion, kindness, gratitude, and other “pro-social” skills.

    Watch her full speech from our 2018 Happiness at Work Conference here.

  • Our latest CHO Academy was a huge hit

    In June we had our latest Chief Happiness Officer Academy, which is our longest and most intensive training on creating happier workplaces.

    The Academy was completely sold out with 25 participants from 15 countries (and a long waiting list) and it was a huge pleasure to share our tools and methods over three days with such an engaged group.

    The participant feedback has been amazing with an average rating of 9.7 out of 10. Participants wrote:

    “THANK YOU! This was really fantastic.”

    “I think it was just very well organized. You were just really good at taking care of us and making sure that everyone would get a good experience. The venue was perfect – very personal and cozy and super inspiring. I would like to come back.”

    “It has been really an amazing experience. Amazing students, amazing teachers, amazing future that we have outlined. I have found myself for my next career :) Thanks.”

    Our next two Academies have been announced. They are:

    • February 12-15 2019 in San Diego
    • June 24-28 2019 in Copenhagen

    Read more about the Chief Happiness Officer Academy and sign up here.