Employee Engagement: Transforming Culture
Nita Clarke is director of the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA), Britain’s leading organisation delivering workplace support for good employment and industrial relations.
David MacLeod is co-chair of the Employee Engagement Task Force launched by the Prime Minister in 2011. He is a visiting Professor of the Cass Business School, a Fellow of the Ashridge Business School, the Institute of Marketing and of the RSA.
Speaking at the 2017 Happy Workplaces conference, Nita and David look at the increasing external pressures bearing down on organisations and the increasing demands employees have of their workplaces.
Watch Nita and David’s full talk below.
Helping Men and Women Get to Know Each Other Better at Work
Dr Jill Armstrong’s Collaborating With Men project aims to tackle everyday sexism in the workplace and lay the foundation for a more gender inclusive workplace. She believes men and women need to be working together more often if we’re ever going to see gender equality in the workplace.
In this 90-second video from the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Jill offers some ideas for getting men and women to form more relaxed social interactions in the workplace.
Well-Being Check-Ins: How To Prevent Staff Burnout
Burnout is a real issue in the creative media industry. To help prevent this, Nikki Gatenby introduced well-being check-ins. Nikki is the co-owner and managing director of Propellernet, a digital marketing agency that’s been named as one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in the UK for six years running.
In this two-minute video from the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Nikki shares the four questions used to prevent burnout – are you taking your holiday? Are you taking your Propel days (their day a month to innovate)? Are you working with our resident coach? And do you know about our health plan?
How People and Purpose are Your Route to Profit
Nikki Gatenby is the owner and managing director of Propellernet, which was named one of the top 10 Best Places to Work in the UK for six years running. Digital marketing has always been their focus, but over the last decade they’ve gone from an unremarkable and locally-based company to a super-engaged, global player.
Speaking at the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Nikki explains how the decision to start putting people before profit has not only brought about greater workplace happiness, but also boosted profits.
How to Sync Your Files in SharePoint
If you use SharePoint at work, you might be missing being able to manage your files using Windows Explorer or the File tab in your applications. In this short video, Rachael explains how you can Sync your SharePoint Libraries so that you can browse, copy and paste your files just like you are used to.
What is the Purpose of Appraisals in Your Organisation?
After 16 years of working in HR, Sophie Bryan has found that appraisals are often used to keep evidence in case things go wrong, rather than to really improve staff performance and develop them as a person.
In this two-minute video from the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Sophie asks, what would happen if your focus was to give feedback to your team in real time, and dig deeper with your questions – or if you scrapped the appraisals process altogether?
Sharing and Collaborating on Documents with OneDrive
Microsoft’s Office 365 suite includes OneDrive, your individual storage area. Your files are stored securely on the Cloud, so you can access them anywhere. This also means you can easily collaborate and share your files with your colleagues – in this short video, Rachael explains how.
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 Group Dates Together in a Pivot Table in Excel
Pivot Tables are a fantastic way to make sense of complex tables of data. In this two-minute video, Nicky explains how your Pivot Tables can show group your data by Month and Year with just a few clicks.
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.
