I had a great talk yesterday with the awesome Rich Sheridan about the post-COVID workplace for the latest Heartcount webinar.
Here’s the entire video of our conversation – he shares some phenomenal tips!
Category: Happy At Work
How to be happy at work
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I QUIT! How you get out of a bad job before it’s too late.
Some people want you to believe that quitting is weak and for losers. They’re lying and we need to normalize leaving jobs that are not good for us.
In this video we take a deep look at what happens when you’re unhappy at work, how you can know it’s time to quit and how you can support others who need to get away from a bad job.
Content:
(00:00) 1: Frogs aren’t idiots
(01:01) 2: Introduction to quitting
(03:45) 3: How hating your job hurts you
(06:56) 4: Exposing the anti-quitting propaganda
(18:05) 5: The excuses people make for not quitting
(27:23) 6: Should you quit?
(32:47) 7: 21 perfectly valid reasons for quitting
(40:21) 8: What if you can’t quit
(46:24) 9: How to quit
(47:39) 10: Should you always find a new job first before you quit?
(49:42) 11: We should celebrate quitters
(59:22) 12: I quit!References, articles and books from the video
Relationship between a bad job and poor health
A bad job makes you gain weight
Unhappy workers are less productive
Effective propaganda exploits existing biases
How Herbalife and other MLMs scam people
The No Asshole Rule – excellent book by Bob Sutton
Turing pharmaceuticals raised prices
Stories from people who quit without first finding a new jobs
Apprentice car mechanic commits suicide after being bullied
The most basic freedom is the freedom to quit
The true cost of employee turnover
Bosses try to predict who will quit
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Free Webinar March 25: Work after COVID
What should your workplace learn from COVID-19?
As the world is getting to grips with COVID-19, it’s time to look forward. Will we just go back to our old work habits or are there things we can learn from the pandemic to make our workplaces better, happier, safer and more productive?
In this Heartcount webinar I’ll talk to Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovation and the author of Joy Inc and Chief Joy Officer. We’ll hear about what Rich’s company Menlo Innovations learned from the pandemic and share some insights from other great organizations.
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The Cult Of Overwork
60-hour workweeks (or more!) kill people. That seems bad and we should probably stop it. In this video I explain how we get back to or even below 40 hours of work a week.
References from the videos
CNN’s article on “The Secrets Of Greatness.
Working hours in different countries.
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, by Juliet B. Schor.
The Industrial Revolution In Manchester.
Rutger Bregmann: Utopia For Realists.
Tom Markert: You Can’t Win A Fight With Your Boss.
HBR: Long Hours Backfire For People And For Companies.
Long working hours hurt cognitive performance.
John Pencavel: Productivity for WW1 Munitions Workers.
Overtime in game developers doesn’t work.
Negative Health Effects Of Overwork.
Very few people can get by on less than 7 hours of sleep.
Gender bias in overwork cultures.
Men pretend to work 80-hours weeks.
What’s really holding women Back.
People overestimate their working hours.
People underestimate health risks of overwork.
Fred Gratzon: The Lazy Way To Success.
There are some career benefits to overwork.
Interview with Rich Sheridan at Menlo.
Knowledge Workers Are More Productive From Home.
Longer school days do not lead to better academic outcomes.
Homework does not help students.
Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule debunked again.
Hazing reinforces hierarchy, conformity and discipline.
Benjamin Hunnicutt: Kellogg’s Six-Hour Day.
European Union – right to disconnect law.
Universal Basic Income Explained.
US workers don’t take all their vacation days.
30-hour work week at Toyota Center Gothenburg.
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Trump or Biden – who’s the better boss?
We all know how their policies differ, but how are Trump and Biden different as bosses? And who would you rather work for?
References from the video:
Alfie Kohn – “No Contest : The Case Against Competition”
Philip Rucker and Carol Loennig – “A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America”
Npr interview with Philip Rucker and Carol Loennig
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Free webinar: How to build a better business (and a better country) with happiness
Mush Panjwani is on a mission to serve great coffee AND make his home country of Pakistan better. His company, Coffee Wagera, has 5 cafés around Karachi and is expanding rapidly but the coolest thing is how Mush does all of this with a focus on culture, happiness and positive impact.
Here are just a few of Mush’s pioneering ideas:
- Inclusive hiring – All ages, all genders.
- Empowering women – Snacks served in the stores are made and supplied by female home chefs.
- Happiness training – For all employees.
There is so much more. Join this free webinar and learn from a truly inspiring leader what it takes to build a business from the bottom up that is based on happiness and positive impact.
Meet us online on September 30, 4 P.M. CEST!
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How CEO Garry Ridge keeps the WD-40 organization happy in spite of COVID-19
How does an organisation get through a huge crisis like COVID-19 safely and happily?
Garry Ridge is company Chairman and CEO at world-famous brand WD-40. I bet you have a can of WD-40 somewhere in your home! He is also a leader who has spent his career creating a culture where people can be happy and do great work together.
In this webinar, he shares how he does that and how he has lead WD-40 through tough times like the COVID-19 crisis.
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Free webinar June 30: Leadership in the time of COVID with Garry Ridge and WD-40
How does an organisation get through a huge crisis like COVID-19 safely and happily?
Garry Ridge is company Chairman and CEO at world-famous brand WD-40. I bet you have a can of WD-40 somewhere in your home? He is also a leader who has spent his career creating a culture where people can be happy and do great work together.
In this webinar, he will share how he does that and how he has lead WD-40 through tough times like the COVID-19 crisis.
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Video: How to keep your workplace happy despite COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken workplaces in so many ways. Remote work, social distancing, and staying home is the new normal. Companies are affected, and many of them switched to “survival mode”, trying to keep their business afloat.
In the video above I talk to to visionary CEOs about how they handled the COVID-19 crisis and how to maintain your company culture and keep your employees happy in spite of COVID-19:
- Richard Sheridan – CEO of Menlo Innovations
- Saša Popović – CEO & Co-founder of Vega IT Sourcing
If you want more information on Menlo Innovation you should read Rich’s book Joy Inc. Sasa hasn’t written a book yet, but he mentions using Heartcount to measure workplace happiness and check in with employees and you can read all about it here. You can even try it free for 3 months in your organization.
Related posts
- Download my books “Happy Hour Is 9 To 5” and “Leading With Happiness” free of charge – no email signup or anything required.
- Read my article on why COVID-19 means going “back to basics” for engagement and workplace happiness.
- Try Heartcount free for 3 months, the simplest tool for measuring happiness at work.
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Get free tools to keep your workplace happy in spite of COVD-19
I’m taking a brief break from my sabbatical to offer some free tools to workplaces who want to keep their employees happy despite COVID-19.
Here’s what we’ve got so far:
- Download my books “Happy Hour Is 9 To 5” and “Leading With Happiness” free of charge – no email signup or anything required.
- Join a webinar on June 11 and learn from two world-class organizations what they’re doing right now.
- Read my article on why COVID-19 means going “back to basics” for engagement and workplace happiness.
- Try Heartcount free for 3 months, the simplest tool for measuring happiness at work.
And if you’ve been spending some of your lockdown watching The Last Dance (like I did), make sure you don’t take the wrong lessons from it.
