Shannon Banks – Key steps to better engage your people and your customers
At the 2015 Happy Workplaces Conference, Shannon Banks recounts her experiences of happy workplaces in her career at Microsoft and at Be. Watch some of the highlights in this short 2 minute video.
Dom Monkhouse on how to become profitable
Dom Monkhouse at Happy Workplaces 2015
Let Your People Create Your Performance Framework, Says Brendan O’Keefe
When Brendan O’Keefe and his team formed the independent social enterprise Epic CIC, Brendan challenged his people to create their own performance appraisal at their staff conference. After much discussion and debate, the team created 8 items that are now used in appraisals and recruitment.
Find out more in this short clip from Brendan’s talk at the 2015 Happy Workplaces Conference.
Why You Need to Make Friends at Work – Shannon Banks, Be Leadership Ltd
How important is it that you make friends in your workplace? Find out in this talk by Shannon Banks, with results from the Harvard Grant Study.
Why Canva is the Perfect Design Tool for Non-Graphic Designers
Have you ever wanted to make a visually impressive and professional looking social media post, but you’re not a graphic designer? Perhaps you’re sick of using the slide designs available on PowerPoint and want to make something more engaging, or perhaps you just want to add something to a report to make it really pop? Canva might be the perfect design tool for you!
Ben explains more about Canva and it’s great, user-friendly features in this blog.
Philippa Ward: Why are Global Action Plan’s staff so happy?
Global Action Plan is another top performer in our internal staff surveys – but how do they do it? In this 15 minute talk from the 2016 Happy Workplaces Conference, Philippa Ward explains her top tips for creating a happier workplace – particularly in times of change.
Be specific with your values if you want to stand out
Dom Monkhouse developed the UK divisions of the web-hosting businesses, Rackspace and Peer 1. His primary goal has always been to boost an organisation’s total revenue, which depends on having an engaged workplace. He also believes companies need to be explicit about their values in order to stand out.
In this three-minute clip from the 2017 Happy Workplaces CEO Conference, Dom explains why this is so essential and why not doing so means an organisation will just end up being beige.
Why you should give responsibility to frontline practitioners
Isabelle Trowler has been working within children and family services for 25 years, and it hasn’t always been easy. She’s had to consistently rail against the imposed procedures and rules that inhibit children’s social care workers.
In this four minute clip from the 2017 Creating Happy Workplaces in the Public Sector Conference, Isabelle explains what happened when she started to delegate the decision-making as close to the frontline as possible.
The GDS ‘It’s OK’ List
The culture is all around you in the Government Delivery Service office, says Alex Segrove, and the organisation understands the importance of internal communication.
In this three minute clip from the 2017 Creating Happy Workplaces in the Public Sector Conference, Alex outlines how GDS has established an agile workplace that’s highly responsive to the user, based on principles of trust and freedom.
What I Do Well + What is Useful + What I Love = Happiness at Work
When Laurence Vanhee joined Belgium’s Ministry of Social Security, the department was struggling to recruit Belgian citizens to the civil service and simultaneously losing 40% of staff to retirement. Social Security is essential, especially in a country comprising two very distinct groups. So Laurence and her colleagues set out to change the laws in order to gain more flexibility, attract newbies and retain people.
In this two minute clip from the 2018 Happy Workplaces Conference, Laurence outlines how the Ministry circumvented traditional HR practices to focus on what staff did well, what was useful to the organisation and what they love to do.
