A 4 Day Week? Let’s Start With a 4 Day August
Around the world some organisations have experimented with a four day week, with some evidence that it can be as productive as working five days.
For those of us who like the idea, but feel it’s a big leap into the unknown, how about trying it for a month? At Happy we will this year be working just four days a week throughout August.
30 Steps to Joy at Work: Get More Done by Being Less Busy
Could we get more done if we were less hectic and overwhelmed?
Bruce Daisley, former EMEA Vice President of Twitter, will be speaking about the Joy of Work at the
2021 Happy Workplaces Conference
on 22nd July. His new book, The Joy of Work, promises “30 ways to fix your work culture and fall in love with your job again”.
How to Develop Resilience and Maintain Wellbeing
Resilience isn’t an in-built quality; it’s something we can develop and refine. Certain people’s life experiences will necessitate a hastier development of resilience, but it’s an attribute everyone benefits from.
There’s more to resilience than recovering from significant setbacks. Resilience is what enables us to keep a stiff upper lip in high-pressure situations and appropriately navigate difficult circumstances. It also acts as a sort of safety helmet for our mental wellbeing.
Developing resilience is essential for prospering in our work and private lives. This blog looks at a few factors that’ll help furnish resilience and maintain mental wellbeing.
How We Transformed Happy from a £180k Loss to a £165k Profit in One Year
18 months ago things were not looking good at Happy. In 2017, we made a loss of £180k. Rather than cutting costs, we took a look at our culture and values, and transformed the business. Here’s how we did it.
Improve Your Productivity With These 5 Apps
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of apps out there that claim to save you time and increase your productivity. In this blog, Billy takes a look at our favourite top five – all of which are available to download and try for free.
What’s New in Office 365 in May 2019
Microsoft regularly unfurls new features and updates for Office 365’s assorted apps. So frequent are these updates that even regular users might not have had a chance to take advantage of the new additions just yet.
4 Ways to Improve How You Receive Feedback
Receiving feedback is a skill. People commonly struggle with being open to feedback and responding to it. In this blog, Billy gives four ways to improve how you receive (and accept) feedback from others, both positive and negative.
Does Your Organisation Enable People to Work at Their Best?
Henry Stewart speaks to the Eth Word about systems and processes within organisations.
“I’ve been to [organisations] where you just sense a kind of difficulty doing stuff,” Henry explains. “And you meet great people who are trying to do great stuff, but they have real problems doing it because the structure of the organisation gets in the way, rather than helping.”
Deliver Great Service by Creating a Great Workplace
Henry Stewart speaks to the Eth Word about the key to making a profit — creating a happy workplace.
“You can only deliver a great service by having people who feel happy, feel well rested, well nourished, feel motivated,” he explains.
Sure Petcare: Using Happy Ideas to Create Great Service and Business Success [Full Video]
In this fifteen-minute video, Sarah Metcalfe of Sure Petcare (formerly SureFlap) talks about how she has used the principles from the Happy Manifesto to give fantastic customer service, and has had zero turnover in the last seven years in the Customer Service department.
