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. Jack Ma and the 996 Rule. Working hours in different … Continue reading The Cult Of Overwork
The Summer holidays are right around the corner here in the northern hemisphere and I am really excited for it. No matter how much you love your job, you should still look forward to some time off, where you can do something completely different. But it’s important to do your vacation right. If not, you … Continue reading Our 4 best tips for a happy vacation
Most companies conduct regular job satisfaction surveys, but they often don’t work very well and fail to deliver tangible improvements to employees’ perception of their workplace. This leads to increased unhappiness among employees and from there to lower productivity and higher employee turnover. In this video we cover: Why you absolutely should measure happiness at … Continue reading How to measure happiness at work – and how NOT TO
Most companies conduct regular job satisfaction surveys, but they often don’t work very well and fail to deliver tangible improvements to employees’ perception of their workplace. This leads to increased unhappiness among employees and from there to lower productivity and higher employee turnover. In this free webinar we will cover: Why traditional job satisfaction surveys … Continue reading Free webinar June 17: The best (and worst) ways to measure happiness at work + introducing Heartcount
Measuring employee happiness is a great idea. Sure, it has its problems. Any time you measure anything, you run the risk of getting bad data, the wrong data or making bad decisions based on the data. But it still makes sense for two main reasons. First and most obviously, if you measure employee happiness right, … Continue reading 20 ways to measure happiness at work beyond the usual useless satisfaction surveys
Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese tech company Alibaba, has come out in favor of the so-called 996 rule, i.e. that you should work from 9am to 9pm 6 days a week if you want to have a successful career. For anyone doing the math that’s 72 hours of work a week. Add a … Continue reading Jack Ma is very very very wrong about the 996 rule
When is your next meeting? Tomorrow? This afternoon? Or are you already late for your next meeting? We spend a lot of time in work meetings and they don’t seem to make us very happy. So here’s a simple tip you can try very easily: Open your next meeting with a round where each person … Continue reading Try this easy happiness hack in your next meeting
I met a manager recently who claimed in no uncertain terms that companies should forget all about employee happiness and focus only on engagement. He argued that people can be happy at work without performing well, whereas employee engagement leads directly to better performance. I’ve actually heard this claim a few times recently, but it … Continue reading Employee engagement vs. happiness at work – what should companies focus on?
You will often see Denmark listed as one of the “happiest countries on the planet.” Interestingly Danes are not only happy at home, they’re also happy at work and according to most studies of worker satisfaction among nations, the happiest employees in the world are in Denmark. Here’s just one data point: Gallup found that … Continue reading 5 reasons why Danish workers are the happiest in the world
If you search for “procrastination” on google you’ll find a massive number of articles on how to stop procrastinating and get stuff done. These articles will tell you that there is only one reliable way for you to get stuff done: Check your todo-list for the next item Complete item no matter what it is … Continue reading 5 Ways to Procrastinate Effectively
