Becoming a Leader Who Multiplies the Abilities of Your People

Have you ever worked for someone whose leadership made you feel smarter and more capable? Happy’s Cathy Busani understands the advantages of leaders who’re able multiply the abilities of their people.

Speaking at the 2018 Happy Workplaces conference, Cathy draws from Liz Wiseman’s book, Multipliers: How the Best leaders Make Everyone Smarter, to illustrate how to become a multiplier of others. Watch the complete talk below.

How to Delegate Tasks Successfully

Many leaders and managers will continually delegate tasks to the person they know will get it right every time, or else give things to a new recruit who’s full of beans and eager to please. But Happy’s Cathy Busani knows this practice is flawed and has instead started delegating to the team and allowing them to decide who does what.

In this two-minute video from the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Cathy explains how to delegate tasks successfully.

Best Practices From One of the Happiest Countries in the World

Try locating the word ‘workhappiness’ in the English dictionary. You won’t find it. In Danish, however, there is a word for this condition – arbejdsglaede. Woohoo inc claim to be the happiness-at-work experts. Arlette Bentzen is the Danish company’s Chief Happiness Officer, meaning there’s no one better positioned to give tips on attaining arbejdsglaede.

Watch Arlette’s full presentation at the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, in which she offers three work-happiness tips derived from some of Denmark’s most progressive workplaces.

Show a Colleague You Care With Random Acts of Kindness

During her presentation at the 2018 Happy Workplaces conference, Woohoo inc’s Arlette Bentzen underlined how random acts of kindness can be effective in enhancing total workplace happiness.

In this short video, Arlette explains the principle is very simple: do something nice for your colleagues and they’ll become happier.