Keeping Millennials Happy at Work Drives Productivity
KEEPING MILLENIALS HAPPY AT WORK DRIVES PRODUCTIVITY – MILLENNIALS ON THE RISE “On a scale of one to ten, the average score on employee happiness at work is between five and five and a half” – Kerstin Jatho (The 2014 Science of Happiness @ Work™ Conference). “Millennials are looking for meaning in their work”, says Jatho. […]
Employee Engagement Gap
Dr. Caren Scheepers “Imagine a time when you were highly absorbed and engaged at work. What were the circumstances that caused this attentiveness and engagement? What did you feel at the time, what did you see, what did you hear and what did you smell? Make that experience vivid in your mind. Let your body […]
Good Leaders Fall Between the Two Extremes – Autocrat or Abdicate?
In the lead up to the upcoming elections “Collective Leadership” is receiving some pretty bad press. Professor Dave Ulrich the world thought leader on HR practises believes Collective Leadership is the key to sustainable future intangible value, be that, in a corporate organisation or political community. So I asked Dave Ulrich to clarify his thinking around Collective […]
HR the Architects to Build Their Organisation’s Collective Leadership Brand
Architectural advice from Professor Dave Ulrich for HR professionals to build their organisation’s collective leadership brand and inspire investor confidence. LEADERSHIP VS LEAD-A-SHIP Leadership is not about one single charismatic individual leading an organisation. That could be called “lead-a-ship”. A mighty “tug boat” can, single-handedly, indeed lead an organisation, in the same way that a […]
7 easy-to-implement ideas to enhance productivity by focusing on happiness.
Take the Happiness at Work Questionnaire: Take this quick online iPPQ snapshot questionnaire and invite your colleagues to do the same to give your company a chance to get included in the Wall Street Journal’s GLOBAL Happiness at Work Index. http://www.iopenerinstitute.com/media/104105/happiness_at_work_index.pdf Your snapshot result indicates the elements that enhance or detract from your happiness at […]
HR are the Architects of Intangible Value
If an investment analyst sat in on your HR meeting or learning intervention – what would they decide? Buy, Sell or Hold? In Professor Dave Ulrich’s, most current, soon to be published work, he proposes that leadership is the key underlying value factor in organisations and is about being able to keep promises, set clear […]
