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Happiness at work is more powerful than you think

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I’ll be speaking at the HR Tech Fest conference in Sydney in October and in preparation, they have put together a great summary of our work headlined Workplace happiness is more powerful than you think. Read it and learn why happiness at work matters so much!

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How common are good work days and what makes them good? See the results of our international survey.

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We all have good days and bad days at work and being happy at work is not just about avoiding having bad days at work – it requires having mostly good days, where we actively enjoy our work.

But how often do people around the world have good work days and what makes them good? Is it about compensation, perks and promotions – or do we value other things more?

Our brand new survey of more than 2,500 people worldwide shows how frequent good work days are and reveals their main causes.

For instance, 1 in 3 say they have a good work day every day or almost every day – while 22% experience at most 2-3 good work days a month!

Here are the most important findings from our survey.

 

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Here we go…

After a trip to Munich last week and Milan this week, I am now ready for my biggest international speaking tour so far. Over the next 2 months I’ll be speaking at events in Reykjavik, Nashville, Beirut, Hong Kong, Sydney, Prague and Ottawa.

Woohoo :)

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WHAT a party

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WOW – what a party :) On Friday we celebrated Woohoo inc‘s 15th birthday with 100 people at a Great Gatsby night and it was AMAZING.

This was a night to remember and a perfect celebration of our 15 years of work with happiness. Here are some of our favorite pics from the night.

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How to be an effective Chief Happiness Officer

Jonathan Mostert has written his business school thesis on Chief Happiness Officers and I got a chance to interview him about his research.

These are the questions we cover:

The question you looked at was ‘’How do chief happiness officer make sense of their profession?’’ What interested you about that question?
How many CHOs did you talk to? Who was your favorite example?
Some CHOs have it as a formal role, some just create it for themselves. How did that show up in your research?
What are some typical things CHOs do as part of their role? What was one of the best or most creative things you’ve seen a CHO do?
How do organizations typically react to a CHO?
What are some of the challenges of being a CHO?
What do organizations get out of having a CHO?
What makes a good CHO?

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Why every company should have a Chief Happiness Officer

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I’m speaking at two awesome events in Iceland in September

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I’m speaking at two events in Reykjavik on September 27:

Management Innovation
Innovative Public Service

The program for both events looks really awesome – check them out..

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Join me at this awesome conference in Beirut

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I’ll be speaking at this awesome conference on happiness at work in Lebanon on October 11. Join me and learn how to create happier and more successful workplaces.

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Southwest flight attendant makes a dream come true

Wow. Just wow.

Tracy Sharp, a woman with Down’s syndrome, was talking to Vicki Heath, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant, on a flight she was taking and shared that her dream was to be a flight attendant herself.

Heath then did just about the coolest thing ever: She arranged for Tracy to join her on one of her flights as an assistant flight attendant. In the video above you can see just how awesome that went.

There are many such stories of Southwest Airlines staff going above and beyond (this one is my favorite) and I think it just goes to show that when employees are happy, they are much more likely to do nice things for the customers and create good memories for others.

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Last chance to take our International Survey on Happiness At Work

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Over 2,000 people have already taken our International Survey on Happiness At Work and we’re starting to see some fascinating results already.

The final report showing which countries are happier at work and what makes them happy will be ready in time for the International Week of Happiness At Work which  runs from September 24-28.

This means that the deadline for taking the survey is September 10, so we have time to crunch the numbers.

So if you haven’t taken the survey already, please go here and do it – it only takes 4 minutes and you may even learn something about what makes you happy at work.

And please share the survey with others – the more replies we get, the more relevant the results will be.

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Happy workplaces wanted

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We are compiling a database of exceptionally happy workplaces around the world.

Who do you think we should include? It can be any kind of workplace – big or small, government or private sector – as long as they are genuinely happy.

Leave a comment if you know a workplace that belongs on the list.

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