Great workplaces research
Articles featuring research showing the benefits of happy and great workplaces
Six companies that let you get promoted without having to manage people
Six companies where dual career tracks lead to happier managers and employees.
Four steps to improved company performance: it’s about talented managers and happy employees
Guest blogger Elinor Jansen updates us with a summary of Gallup’s latest (2015) study on the relationship between firm performance, organisational structures and employee engagement. Decision-makers understand there is a link between how well they manage their...
8 companies that celebrate mistakes
Do we want people to make mistakes? The answer I generally get to this question is “Yes”, because people recognise that this is how we learn and discover new ways of doing things.
Could work become a freedom-centred world?
Freedom and democracy aren’t always linked with the way organisations run, but that was the topic of the Freedom At Work summit, organised by Worldblu this week in Miami.
9 benefits of having happy employees
Guest blog: Following last week’s article on 7 ways to find more meaning at work, Elinor Schmitz-Jansen has continued her research. This week she covers the benefits of having happy employees: Today, executives are well aware of issues such as the high cost of an...
7 ways to find more meaning at work
Elinor Schmitz-Jansen is studying for an MSc in Management at Imperial College. She is currently working at Happy, researching academic studies of happiness and meaning in work. This is her first report: Work is boring, exhausting, a necessary evil, and too much work...
Great Workplaces Make More Money
Recent studies show that not only do happy workplaces contain more productive staff, but they're also much more profitable than their counterparts. I wrote last week about the academic research that showed how happy workplaces are more productive. But what if we look...
Happy Staff are More Productive
Years of research has pointed toward happiness being a driving force in productivity in the workplace. "Improved psychological well being (PWB) leads to a more productive and successful workplace. The case has been proven in academic studies over the last ten years."...
