Let’s Get Real On Empowering Our People
Over the last couple of years, Happy has undergone a transformation. Why? Because as chief happiness officer Henry Stewart revealed at the beginning of his talk at the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Happy was losing a lot of money.
Assessing the financial downturn, Henry and his leadership team realised they’d lost sight of some core principles. So instead of cutting things and getting more hierarchical, the turnaround was made possible by revisiting their core principles and acting in accordance.
One thing that Henry decided to do is make no decisions. Find out why in this video.
10 Great Examples From Some of the Most Democratic Workplaces on the Planet
Since a young age, WorldBlu CEO Traci Fenton has believed we’re all meant to live our fullest potential. At university Traci came to the conclusion that democracy, in its truest manifestation, is a system of organisation that can release people’s fullest potential. WorldBlu was subsequently created and over the last two decades Traci’s worked with clients in 80 countries, teaching them freedom at work.
WorldBlu’s freedom at work model directly opposes fear-based work cultures. There are three crucial components to the freedom-centred approach. The first is a freedom-centred mindset. The second is freedom-centred leadership—leaders with a fear-based mindset create command and control management structures. To build freedom-centred cultures, Traci says top leadership must have high self-worth. “Self-worth is being secure with who you are,” she says.
The final component is organisational design, which was the focus of Traci’s talk at the 2019 Happy Workplaces conference. Watch the complete talk in the video below.
