People-First Cultures are the Future: Here’s How to Build One
People-first cultures are a powerful business strategy if you want your business to perform well, and grow. Here’s HappyHQ’s advice on how to build one.
Why ‘Quiet Quitting’ shouldn’t be silenced
For the millions of people hardwired to constantly overwork and overachieve; it’s no wonder people are pushing back on ‘hustle culture’ and looking for ways to gain more control of life inside and outside of work. Cue: ‘Quiet Quitting’, which according to The Guardian, is the newly coined term for when workers ‘only do the […]
Company Values and why they matter?
How can one set of words give direction, increase happiness levels, improve profitability, and unite teams? Let’s break it down and give you the answers.
How can play help us to reimagine the way we work?
The all-familiar expression ‘work hard, play harder’ (or WHPH if you like) is often used to describe someone’s work-life balance. An opportunity to pursue personal passions outside of the daily grind. Also for companies with notoriously long-hours and busy social schedules, it’s become a way of making the hard-working culture seem OK (when it isn’t). […]
Why companies should embrace individuality with less culture fit and more culture add
Over the years, culture fit has been named a controversial hiring strategy as it negatively affects diversity and inclusion. Facebook even banned the term ‘culture fit’ because it’s loaded with bias. Yet, many hiring managers still fall into the trap of assessing people too much on their personal characteristics, asking ‘are they like me and […]
Why is 2022 The Year of Workplace Culture?
It seems that the entire workforce is hopeful that 2022 will be ‘The Year of Workplace Culture’ – whether this shift has been termed the great re-structure, great re-design, or great re-think, each carries the same memo; the companies who will succeed will be the ones who put their employee’s needs first. But what is causing the […]
Through the lens: The importance of taking a moment at work
How can companies use mindful moments to benefit the wider workplace culture and its people? We caught up with Fiona from Moment Company…
Through the lens: to nurture resilience let’s ‘bring it back to the body’
We discuss why resilience starts in the body, why we need to look inside for answers, and how this translates into the workplace.
Recognising Diversity & Inclusion as part of the employee experience
When people feel they can be their true authentic self at work, they have a stronger affiliation to the company, its purpose and people.
How to cultivate an effective and collaborative team spirit
A collaborative team is a much happier team, especially while we work virtually. So, what’s the secret to effective collaboration..
