Happy at work. What is happiness at work? Why should I care?

Happy at work

What is happinessat work?

Why should I care?

Alfred Josefsen“It's all about people”

Happiness at work is

IMPORTANT and SIMPLE

This guy? Or this guy?

Karl Marx Lenin

Soichoro Honda

Founder of Honda1906 - 1991

Happiness at work is:

A feeling of happinessderived from work.

Not job satisfactionor employee satisfaction

= booooooring

Happiness at work is NOT:

Just fun and games

Eternal

Being ecstatic

Happiness at work IS:

Different for everyone

Contagious

A choice

Makes you happy:

Nice colleagues and boss

Reasonable working hours

Making a difference

Does NOT make you happy:

High salary

Titles and promotions

Large office and otherpower symbols

Why does happiness at work matter?

For people...

For businesses...

Importance of work

TimeIdentitySuccess

Businesses want:innovation, trust,

productivity, drive, quality, customer service,rapid change, creativity,initiative, motivation, energy,determination, communicationcost effectiveness, clear thinking,good sales, strategies, courage,customer relations, good leadership,

low costs, new ideas, conflict resolution,good dialogue, good work relations, good supplier relations, sense of humour, willingness to go that extra mile, ideas,

and much, much, much, much, much, much, much, much more

Who will deliver?

absenteeism, low sales,bad customer service, low quality, conflict, inefficient communication, high employee turnover, increased training costs, low motivation, stress,no creativity, complaining,low productivity, burnout,low repeat business, bad word of mouth,

Unhappy companies burn money

Profits or happiness?

FALSE QUESTION

Happinessat work

Pro

fits

Profits AND happiness

The happy companies willbeat the unhappy ones