The future of happier workplaces
Our insights and original articles explore the ideas, research, and practices shaping happier, more successful workplaces.
Aug 2024
Do bad systems beat good people?
Have you ever felt that a system in your organization was negatively effecting your experience at work?
Jul 2024
Predicting burnout before it happens
Have you ever had really low energy in life? Were you feeling detached from things, like you were drifting? When it was happening, did you struggle to focus and feel your productivity at work had dropped?
Sep 2023
Why You Should Rethink eNPS - and Focus on Happiness Instead
It's been an up and down few years to say the least. To stay competitive in challenging times, leaders need to ensure they have the right people. And, while the eNPS (employee Net Promoter Score) can help track whether teams are working well together, it is not a headline indicator of employee experience, and it should not be how companies think of wellbeing.
May 2023
How the pandemic influenced our happiness at work
Whilst the pandemic is over, the way we work has been permanently impacted. Over 50% of people in the UK now work remotely at least one day a week, with 15% being fully remote. But how did the pandemic impact our happiness at work?
Mar 2023
The World Happiness Report is out: what does it tell us about annual surveys?
The results of the biggest annual happiness survey in the world were released earlier this week: the 2023 World Happiness Report (WHR). It covers over 100 countries and ranks them by how happy their citizens are. Carrying out over 100 representative samples of national populations every year is a hugely complex statistical task. And are the results really that useful? I think it’s questionable.
Feb 2023
In a pressured world you need to invest your time wisely
Leading a team is never easy, but it’s especially hard when you are under constant time pressure. Delivering results is always going to seem more urgent than looking after the people side of team leadership. Yet if things go wrong and you end up with an unhappy team, then everything becomes a lot more stressful. So, investing a little time every week can save a lot of time (and stress) over coming weeks.
Dec 2022
Avoiding the Wild West at work: how good culture starts with respect, fairness and company values
People want the great positive experiences at work, but they also want to avoid the bad, unfair, disrespectful ones.
Nov 2022
How Leaders Can Help Teams Survive Burnout
Recent years have created a fertile environment for burnout and brought about shifts in working habits that organizations are still navigating. Traditional companies are working harder than ever, while the increase in hybrid or remote-first cultures presents its own challenges.
Oct 2022
Measuring team happiness is a SMART thing to do
Every business leader wants to build great teams but too many define greatness solely in terms of successful business outcomes. Now I don’t have anything against business success, but I do think that building happy, successful teams is an even smarter move.
Oct 2022
How to Say No at Work Without Feeling Guilty
How to say no gracefully in business is a key skill to develop. Taking on too much work can have a severe psychological impact, possibly even leading to full burnout. Here we explore how to say no at the right time, in the right way, creating healthy, polite boundaries in the process.
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