How to be happy at work
Some managers think that employees must always be pressured or externally motivated to perform better. That’s just not true. Here are the three factors that help employees to higher performance and be happy at work at the same time.
Profits or People—What Should Leaders Focus on First?
Both are important but in this Heartcount video I argue that a leader’s most important skill is to create good relationships with their employees.
That’s how you get great results!
The attitude employees have towards the company is incredibly important.
In this video I talk about why it matters and how to improve employees’ attitudes towards the organization and the huge role the CEO and upper management plays in this.
According to research an unprecedented number of employees are planning to leave their jobs in the near future and companies are going to have to deal with this or face losing all of their best people.
In this video I share:
Global warming is an existential threat to all humanity and corporations emit the vast majority of manmade greenhouse gases.
If you currently work for a company that does not urgently strive to become carbon neutral in a very short time frame, you have two choices:
It doesn’t matter if you’re the CEO or the receptionist, you have an ethical responsibility to not use your time and talents in the service of a workplace that is wrecking the planet.
If enough of us act on this, we can force more corporations to take the climate seriously, either by changing their behavior from the inside or by sapping them of critical employee talent.
You can change things – and at the very least you can make sure that your work days aren’t spent hurting our children’s futures.
I posted this on LinkedIn where it got a lot of attention. Recruitment is broken and we should fix it.
More and more workplaces are realizing that workplace happiness matters – A LOT. They know that happy employees do better work, get sick less often and stay with the company longer. Simply put, they’ve seen that happy companies make more money.
And a lot of these companies are looking for some help to become better workplaces, which has created a market for workplace happiness consultants, speakers and facilitators.
I have been in that field for 17 years working with clients like LEGO, IKEA, IBM, Microsoft and Pfizer in more than 50 countries. In this Heartcount webinar on June 24 I will share my top 5 tips for success in this field, including:
Sign up for the webinar now and get proven tools and insights that you can use to grow your business as a workplace happiness consultant.
I have read literally hundreds of books on studies and research into great workplaces. Here I present my 5 favorite ones and what their main insights are.
Can a company do good in the world AND achieve profits and growth at the same time?
Tony’s Chocolonely is proof that this is not only possible, it’s good for employees, consumers, the bottom line and the world.
I could not be happier with how this Heartcount webinar went – Ynzo is such a great evangelist for a good cause.
Learn from Ynzo van Zanten exactly how your company can harness the power of a positive mission. You can also learn about Tony’s baby bonus – I’d never heard of that idea before and it’s AWESOME!
November 3-6 2026 in Copenhagen
June 1-4 2027 in Copenhagen
The Chief Happiness Officer Academy is our most in-depth 3-day training where we share everything we know about creating happier workplaces. You get a comprehensive understanding of the latest research, tons of effective practical tools and learn how to use them in your own business.
