Happiness is the workplace of the future. Our collection of comprehensive articles will help you rethink employee wellbeing and create strategies to measure and improve the employee experience across your organization.
Employee engagement is a stagnant idea. And while “How have you felt at work this week?” may feel like an awkward question to ask employees, talking about people’s emotional experience of work — their happiness — and measuring it in the workplace can lead to improved team morale, greater resilience, more innovation and greater productivity.
Happiness is the workplace of the future, but creating a positive organizational culture is not easy.
Creating a positive organizational culture is not easy. We’ve established five key ways to happiness at work which will improve your employees’ experience of work, bring real change to your team and grow your company.The Five Ways to Happiness at Work are a lens through which we can takestock of our organizations as we reintegrate our workforce in this post-pandemic world.
Every week, we publish on how to improve your workplace culture keeping track of the latest people trends, so you’ll know how to make your company a happier place.
In January, we shared what we thought would be the top workplace culture trends for 2020. However, a lot has happened since then!
There’s now uncertainty in organizations as to the shape of things to come, especially as the world comes out of lockdown. So, how did our predictions hold up? And, what does our analysis tell us about the next six months?
Workplaces are now very different places. Business have to be sensitive to the way their employees frame risk as they make decisions on how quickly they open. By looking at your employees through The Five Ways to Happiness at Work, you can empower your people during this time of increased and continued anxiety.
Combined with COVID-19, this period of unrest is proving to be a defining moment. Now is the time to get ahead of the curve of history. How organizations respond will significantly affect employee wellbeing and how employees feel about their organization - with workplaces becoming either a place of psychological safety or one that threatens racial identity.
Teams are the instruments of change in a company. Changes in their microcultures are more likely to shape you company’s culture than anything else. In today’s Covid-19 world, flexible team sizes are a must, and small teams are how companies will be able to climb the resilience curve.
Where once the average response to “How have you felt at work this week?” was happy, the new normal is now “Ok”. The costs of a workforce becoming just “Ok” about work can be high but connecting with your team in better ways may be a feasible solution.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Mental health is a critical part of our business. Our purpose at Friday Pulse is to improve wellbeing in the workplace. It’s our reason for being – now more than ever, as we all navigate our way through the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The week also provides an opportunity for us to reflect on The Five Ways to Wellbeing — how we designed them and their legacy. A precursor to The Five Ways to Happiness at Work, their development would eventually come to shape Friday Pulse, the direction we take and, ultimately, who we are as a business.
Measuring employee engagement is the first step in improving employee satisfaction. However, many organisations struggle with knowing where to start due to the complexities of employee engagement solutions and a lack of clarity on how to act on insights gained.
Employee wellness is a crucial aspect of positive company culture. Employees who are physically and mentally healthy are more productive, engaged, and motivated to achieve their goals.
