£50 Billion for the Banks, or £1,000 for Every Adult in the UK?
This week the Bank of England decided to pump an extra £50 billion of electronic money into the UK economy, bringing the total of quantitative easing to a huge £375 billion. Scanning the responses to this I retweeted this suggestion from @andyo:
“Rather than pumping £50B into the banks, the BoE could give each household £2K. Surely that would have more effect?”
The Gender Pay Gap at Happy
Would the gender pay gap be less if salaries were transparent?
In this blog Henry talks about the situation at Happy.
How Can You Get Your People To Do What They Are Great At?
Gallup has found that in the UK, only 17% of employees get to do what they are best at everyday at work. But when they do get to do what they are best at, they are 30-40% more productive.
In this short video, taken from the Happy Workplace Round Table on 23rd October 2024, Henry gives examples about how Happy and other organisations have gotten people to work to their strengths. How can you implement these ideas at your workplace?
How Can You Ensure Decisions Are Made By Frontline Staff, Rather Than Managers?
How are decisions made in your organisation? Are they made by the frontline staff, or by the managers? Henry Stewart explains how you can get rid of outdated hierarchical decision-making processes in this Happy Workplace Round Table, recorded on Wednesday 6th November 2024.
Does Your Organisation Have a Coaching Culture?
In this video, recorded from his live session on Wednesday 9th October, Henry Stewart highlights the importance of coaching in the workplace – and asks, does your organisation have a coaching culture?
Does Your Organisation Have a Coaching Culture?
In this video, recorded from his live session on Wednesday 9th October, Henry Stewart highlights the importance of coaching in the workplace — and asks, does your organisation have a coaching culture?
Nigel Paine at Creating Happy Workplaces Conference 2013
Nigel Paine headed the BBC’s Learning and Development operation. He built an award winning Leadership programme, state of the art informal learning and knowledge sharing and one of the most successful and well used intranets in the corporate sector.
What Companies Are Doing to Make Gen Z Happy in the Workplace
Big changes are coming to many workplaces as Generation Z are joining the workforce. With a higher prioritisation of mental wellbeing and the social impact of their work, this is slowly but surely changing the world of work.
Learn more in this blog written by Colin Lee.
Do Your People Get to Do the Job in the Interview?
In this short video, recorded from his live session on Wednesday 10th July, Henry Stewart talks about getting people to do the job in an interview. He shares examples from Happy’s recruitment process as well as from Toyota.
How The Public Sector Gives its People Trust
I have asked thousands of people when they work at their best. For over 90% of them it has been when they have been given the trust and freedom to make their own decisions.
I have also asked whether they like “complete freedom” or “freedom within guidelines”. While there are a few anarchists who like complete freedom (especially entrepreneurs) most people – again roughly 90% – choose freedom within guidelines.
People like to know what the overall framework is, but to have freedom within it.
I also ask whether people like to be told what to do. Fewer than 2% go for that option.
