Our Next Level 7 Programme for Senior Leaders Starts in September
I once asked a panel of Deans of MBA programmes why they focused so much on strategy and finance and not so much on people. The response from Roger Martin, then Dean of the Rotman School of Management, was “we do the easy stuff.”
Our
Level 7 Senior Leadership Apprenticeship programme
, the equivalent of a post-graduate degree or MBA, is different. It is focused on people and how you create trust-based organisations where people can truly fulfil their potential.
6 Years With No Decisions at Happy
It is now six years since I stopped, as a Founder, making decisions at Happy. And, no, I haven’t passed it onto anybody else. Decisions are made by those responsible or, if across the whole company, by everybody.
Read more about the thinking behind his decision in this blog by Happy’s Chief Happiness Officer, Henry Stewart.
Happy’s 4 Day Week: You Should Try it Too! (18 Month Update)
In June 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.
A year and a half has passed since then. In this blog, Happy’s Founder and Chief Happiness Officer – Henry Stewart looks at how this scheme has impacted us at Happy.
New Workshop: LEGO Serious Play has Arrived at Happy
At Happy, we are always looking for new ways to create more impact and value for our amazing clients.
We are therefore really excited to now offer LEGO Serious Play as part of our facilitated experiences.
If you are:
Aiming to create a high-performing team
Introducing major change
Developing your strategic direction
Heading towards a more empowered and agile organisation
Wanting to generate more diverse thinking
Needing to energise your meetings, training or other group based activities
Then LSP could help you move towards your goal.
Read more in this blog by Jo Holliday.
Happy to Make 4 Day Week Permanent
I’m now back from my sabbatical and, while I was away, our people at Happy decided to make the four-day week (currently a six-month pilot) permanent.
It has been a remarkable success. Here are the results of the survey that informed the decision to go permanent:
77% are sticking to the 32-hour week, with 23% working only one or two hours over
Everybody says they are getting as much done as they did before
Everybody says their wellbeing is better
Learn How to Create Happy, Productive Workplaces With the Happy Manifesto Podcast
The Happy Manifesto Podcast, based on the principles in the award-winning management book The Happy Manifesto, will be launching on 12th January 2023. The aim of the podcast is to help people to create happy, productive workplaces.
The podcast will be hosted by Henry Stewart, the author of The Happy Manifesto and CEO of Happy, and Maureen Egbe, Senior Facilitator and Confidence Activator at Happy.
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?
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 Starts 4 Day Week Trial
Happy has just started the six month trial of a four-day working week being organised in the UK by 4 Day Week Global. We are joining over 60 other organisations in this pilot.
We discussed it at a staff meeting earlier in the year, carried out a survey and our people voted 16-1 to go for a permanent four-day week, as long as the pilot succeeds.
Learning at Work Week 2022 Competition
To celebrate Learning at Work Week and to help you unlock your full potential, we have an exciting set of prizes!
For your chance to win, tell us what your learning goals are for 2022. Our top prize includes £500 of Happy training vouchers, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Impact Players by Liz Wiseman, the Happy Planner / Learning Journal, one year’s access to our Happy Video Library, and more!
Closing date: midnight BST on Sunday 22nd May 2022. Winner will be announced Wednesday 25th May.
