Work and Happiness in South Korea
In September 2019, Henry was invited to speak at Conference Chang in Seoul, South Korea. The theme was ‘Self, Work and Happiness’, and Henry was delighted to spread the themes of happy workplaces and the Happy Manifesto.
In this blog, Henry reflects on his visit to South Korea, happiness at work and some of the talks at the conference.
4 Tips to Help You Understand and Build Your Self-Confidence
Having self-confidence and belief in your own abilities impacts on every aspect of life. If you have self-confidence, you will have the courage to pursue your passions and try new experiences — without it, you can become depressed or stuck in a rut.
In this blog, Billy looks at what self-confidence is (and what it isn’t!), and gives some advice on how you can build your confidence.
How to Build Your Self-Confidence at Work
How can you improve your self-confidence?
In this blog, Happy’s Senior Facilitator Paul breaks down self-confidence into thoughts, feelings and behaviour. This technique can help you to find different ways to approach a new experience that you might be worried about.
How to Get the Most Out of MyAnalytics
Microsoft has started rolling out a brand new feature for Office 365 subscribers — MyAnalytics. This new tool provides tips for improving your focus and establishing a healthy work-life balance.
In this blog, Billy takes a look at the new features of MyAnalytics and how it can help you to use your time better.
8 Ways that Adviza Has Created a Happy Workplace
“We deal with people in very challenging circumstances and unhappy people aren’t going to provide good support for them. If you haven’t a job, haven’t much money coming along then it wouldn’t be good to see somebody who is miserable,” explains Katharine Horler OBE.
Henry Stewart spoke to Katharine to find out 8 ways in which Adviza has created a happy workplace, centered on freedom and trust.
16 Companies That Don’t Have Managers
“How many of you feel you need to be managed?” asked Alison Sturgess-Durden at the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference. Nobody raised their hand.
Alison, a Director at the software company Mayden, asked why we assume that people need to be “managed” at work. A small, but growing, number of organisations are taking a different approach.
New Course Announcement: Excel Without Maths
Explore features in Excel that don’t involve any maths calculations on our brand new, one-day course.
Henry Stewart Speaking at the 2019 Happiness and Humans Conference
Henry Stewart was invited to speak about the importance of happy and engaged workplaces at the Happiness and Humans Conference in May 2019, hosted by the Happiness Index. Watch his talk here.
(It is 28 minutes but Henry never talks for more than nine before posing a question to the audience!)
49 Steps to a Happy Workplace
At the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, our seventh annual event in London, a range of fabulous speakers shared ideas on how to create great workplaces based on trust and freedom.
In this blog, Henry lists 49 of his favourite ideas from the event.
Are Your People Surveyed Out?
Online surveys are by far the quickest and most cost-effective way of gathering data and consulting across a workforce at speed. However, it’s no secret that people are starting to feel a bit ‘surveyed out’.
In this blog, Lucy gives four of Happy’s tried and tested alternatives to the online survey.
