Becoming a First Time Manager: What Kind of Skills are Needed?
It can be confusing knowing where to begin when thrust into a management role.
Our Management Fundamentals workshop is a perfect way to hone the people skills necessary for anyone taking on a role of a manager, at whatever experience level.
In this blog, Happy’s Senior Facilitator Paul Gapper takes us through some of his most insightful experiences on this workshop, as well as a few simple but effective management skills.
The 4 Day Week on The Office: Re-Defined Documentary
Happy was recently featured in The Office: Re-Defined documentary, created by Inês Santos, Noopur Jambhekar and Anagha Raghunath.
In this short extract, The Office: Re-Defined explores the four-day working week. Inês interviewed Happy’s founder and Chief Happiness Officer, Henry Stewart, about the four-day week and our experiences so far. In our ‘new normal’ following the pandemic, is this the future of the office?
How to Recruit Smarter: Stop Asking Questions and Watch People in Action
We all know how to recruit, right? Shortlist then go through our routine interview questions and choose who answers best? But is this the smartest way to recruit? Or are we just hiring the people who are good at interviews but may not be right for the role?
How to Create a Poll in Your Next MS Teams Meeting
You can add Polls to your meetings in Microsoft Teams, either before or during the event. Polls are a quick and easy way to gain insights from your meeting attendees. For example, you could use a Poll to reach a decision quickly, find out when people are available for a future event or to gain insights into people’s preferences. It’s also a great way to improve engagement and assess learning for training sessions.
In this blog, find out how to create a Poll in Teams — why not create a Poll for your next meeting?
Happy’s 4 Day Week: How is Our Progress? (A 3 Month Update)
In June of 2022 Happy launched our
Four-Day Week initiative.
We joined over 60 other companies worldwide in the trial, hoping to improve productivity as well as overall wellbeing.
How are things looking three months on, at the start of September 2022? Happy’s Founder and Chief Happiness Officer – Henry Stewart looks back at how things have progressed and the impact it has had.
Has it been a success? Find out more in this blog.
Happy Workplaces are More Productive and More Profitable
New research has backed up one of the core principles at Happy. A happy workplace – where employees feel valued and satisfied, leads to better performance and better results.
This blog highlights this research and explains what the results show us about creating a successful working environment.
Let’s Get Employees to Choose the CEO’s Salary
Who decides what the CEO takes home every month? Them? A senior committee? What might happen if you handed that decision over to your workforce?
In this blog we see what happened when we did just that at Happy.
How to Share Your Office 365 Files with Anyone
File sharing is an essential part of any modern, digital workplace, allowing people to work together on projects big or small from wherever they are.
This blog by our expert trainer Sal will introduce and explain the important features in Office 365 that make file sharing simple and effective. Learn how to share files with confidence to help your workplace thrive.
How Bluebird Care is Creating a Happy Workplace with the Level 7 Programme
Our Level 7 Senior Leadership programme is about significant change in how you run an organisation. It takes place over two years and is designed for senior leaders who want to make a real change to the culture of their organisation. Practical and hands on, you will learn how to increase trust and autonomy in your workplace.
Melanie Cohen, Director of Bluebird Care (Bournemouth & Poole), started the programme in April 2021. This is her story.
How to Colour Code Your Data Validation Dropdown List in Excel
Simple acts such as colour coding can have a huge, positive impact on how your spreadsheet looks and the ease with which it can be understood. Conditional Formatting and Data Validation are two ways to make important data stand out.
For example, you can use Conditional Formatting to colour code cells that meet certain criteria. This will enable people to find specific cells quickly.
In this blog by Happy trainer Ebbie, we will look at how adding colour to certain elements within a spreadsheet can create visual appeal and increase user accuracy when it comes down to interpreting your data.
