Happy At Work, Happy companies, Heartcount

The BEST way to measure employee happiness

December 16, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

Measuring happiness at work is a great idea and every workplace should do it because:

It shows employees you care about them
It identifies problem areas and strong points in your culture
It shows you what exactly to do to make employees happier and more productive

In … Continue Reading ››

Academy, Happy At Work, Happy companies

Meet the newest certified Chief Happiness Officers

November 11, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

Our latest Chief Happiness Officer Academy was a huge hit with 23 engaged participants from 14 countries who are now ready to go out and make workplaces awesome. We were completely blown away by how engaged and passionate the group was and how open they were about sharing questions, stories and experiences. We had a great time … Continue Reading ››

Happy At Work, Life

We’re taking a long break

October 8, 2019 Alexander 11 Comments

I started Woohoo Inc back in 2003 so we have been spreading happiness at work for over 16 years. Our keynotes, workshops, articles, conferences, videos and books have reached millions of people all over the world. But something is wrong. For the last couple of years I … Continue Reading ››

Best of site, Happy At Work, Leadership, Philosophy, Purpose

Should you seek passion or duty at work? (Pssst: The answer is passion).

September 11, 2019 Alexander 7 Comments

In an opinion pice in the New York Times, professor Firmin DeBrabrander argues that you should not approach work as your passion but as your duty. Looking for passion at work, he says, will make you stressed and is bound to fail anyway. I think that's complete nonsense! I know - what a shocker :) … Continue Reading ››

Happy At Work, Heartcount

Get our free ebook on how to measure happiness at work

September 11, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

Should workplaces measure how happy their employees are? And what are some good and bad ways to do it? We have written an ebook that you can get completely free to help your organization figure that our. The book covers topics like:

Why traditional staff surveys don't … Continue Reading ››

Academy, Happy At Work

New Chief Happiness Officer Academy announced for Copenhagen in December

September 10, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

Participants from 16 countries at the CHO Academy in June 2019 in Copenhagen

Our regular CHO Academy in June sold out very quickly and had a long waiting list so we added an extra one in November. That one is now also sold out, … Continue Reading ››

Happy At Work, Speaking

Get 40 online keynotes on happiness at work completely free

September 4, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

Our amazing international partner network have arranged the Global Online Happiness at Work Summit and you can sign up right now and get access to 40 online keynotes from international experts completely free of charge. One of the keynotes is by yours truly on … Continue Reading ››

Happy At Work

10 reasons why constant complaining is so toxic at work

September 4, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

Back when I was still working in the tech industry (I was a software developer for a small consulting company in my second job out of university) I had a boss that was... shall we say unpopular. My co-workers and I hated his guts and we complained ceaselessly about him. It got … Continue Reading ››

Speaking

52 countries

September 2, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

I am back from doing a workshop on happiness at work for the staff at the Cambridge International School in Tashkent. This was our first gig in Uzbekistan and that means that we've now worked with clients in 52 countries!!! Here's the full list: Antigua, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, … Continue Reading ››

Woohoo

This Japanese high school marching band is RIDICULOUSLY happy

August 30, 2019 Alexander Leave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-nHYLrLDQo I just cannot stop watching videos of the Kyoto Tachibana high school marching band. Their energy is SO contagious.