I got an email from Christian Thompson who wrote: I’m a big fan of the site, and have given my principal a copy of the draft of “Happy Hour is 9 to 5”. He really seems to be liking it and has actually put a sign up outside of his office that says “Arbejdsglæde” in … Continue reading Arbejdsgl
Below the fold is the draft version of a manifesto for happiness at work. The idea is that those of us who agree can sign it to support happiness at work. A manifesto must of course be bold, provocative and inspiring. Take a look at this one and tell me what you think. Would you … Continue reading The Happy At Work Manifesto DRAFT VERSION – What do you think?
Here’s some typical thinking on workplace stress: Mike is getting stressed at work, but that’s just natural these days. In fact, if Mike isn’t stressed, it probably means that he’s not really crucial to the organization. The solution is to let Mike work less and with fewer responsibilities for a while until he recovers. Or … Continue reading Top 5 myths about workplace stress
Here’s a quote from the horrible book “You Can’t Win a Fight With Your Boss” by Tom Markert, the global chief marketing and client service officer at ACNielsen. Markert says: You can forget lunch breaks. You can’t make money for a company while you’re eating lunch . . . if you don’t put in the … Continue reading Work less, do more
This post is part of a series that follows A.M. Starkin, a young manager taking his first major steps into leadership. Starkin writes here to share his experiences and to get input from others, so please share with him your thoughts and ideas. Dear me! – and dear anyone. Let me pick out two significant … Continue reading Journey into leadership: Two interesting days
The way most companies recruit new people is in need of some serious improvement. Taking or not taking a job is a big decision, and yet you as an applicant are supposed to decide based on just one or two job interviews. The result is that when you show up for your first day at … Continue reading A faster and better way to recruit: Extreme Interviewing
Stan has some questions about the cult of overwork: 1) When/where did the cult of overwork start? Or has business/marketing/office work always been a race towards more & more hours? 2) Upper management at our company work 6+ days a week, have sacrificed their family lives for the past 15 years to build the company, … Continue reading Ask the CHO: Fighting the cult of overwork in upper management
Well whaddaya know: It’s only been three months since I wrote and posted the first chapter of the happy at work book and now the whole book is done (minus one chapter which is almost done). I’m having trouble believing it myself: Not only did I write a book in three months, I’ve also taken a … Continue reading Top 10 tips for productive, creative, fun writing
Why happiness is overrated. It can only be a matter of time before companies appoint happiness action officers whose job it will be to patrol workstations with a clipboard: “Jenkins – cheer up or it’s a remedial, wellbeing residential workshop for you. Smith – happy enough!” (via). Heh! Microsoft made two training videos with renowned … Continue reading Friday links
Christian of think:lab visited a Montana printing company called Printing For Less. Some teasers from his post: The first thing you see when you come walk the parking lot to the front door are little kiddos playing under the Montana sky. All employees pay a pitance to have their young kids on site with them. … Continue reading Fill your office with kids, dogs and happy people