Meetings can be very powerful or big time killers. Very rarely do they fall in between. Your focus should be improving workflow and communication through better meetings, training and technology. For example there are different kinds of collaboration software that can open communication and increase productivity without having to have a formal meeting. I use …
Last week I was struggling to do a few simple tasks. I laid my head down on my desk and sighed. The two tasks weren’t a lot of fun, but I needed to get them done. So instead of forcing myself to do them I decided to take a kinder self-approach. If I finished the …
Companies that put an emphasis on employee happiness are rewarded. Every company has a culture that either supports or detracts from their productivity and bottom line. Figuring out how to create a more supportive culture should be at the top of every company’s “to do” list. Here are some of the best quotes and research …
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Evita of Evolving Beings In our first part of this series, we considered “Why Companies Should Allow Their Employees to Work from Home”. Today we follow up with 5 important rules to follow when working from home. Having experience in working from home for a company (through …
Every now and again, I like to bring you short interviews to give you a new perspective on work happiness. During my study of work happiness I have found that there are many paths to the same goal. Some people believe that loving what you do is a must, while other people believe that relationships …
When a business stops trying to control their employees, the employees begin to feel free at work. This freedom will allow them to feel more comfortable and happy. Let’s say you have 50 employees who each have 100 Facebook and 100 Twitter friends. That’s 10,000 people that your employees are interacting with. They are talking …
You may have read that title and thought, “What does my company’s marketing have to do with work happiness?” A lot. 70% of business is transacted because your friend told you about a product or service. You probably own an iPod because your friends wouldn’t stop raving about their iPod. You trust your friends to …
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Too many businesses are worried about playing it safe. They don’t want to uncover the bad stuff that is happening in their business, so they look the other way instead. Human Resources is there to protect the company. Upper management only wants to know about positive sales figures. Who can most employees turn to? They …
Relationships are built on trust. If I trust you to help me finish a project and you flake out on me, that trust is gone. If you are a stand up person who sweats, bleeds, and cries by my side and also encourages me to be great than you’ve earned my trust. I’ll love you …
I posted on Twitter about the importance of rewarding your co-workers. I love Twitter, by the way. The ability to connect with fun, smart and quirky people is brilliant. A friend on Twitter told me that she likes to create tags for her co-workers. I asked her what she meant and she explained that she …
