Happiness at work starts from the top. This is one of the fundamental truths of happy workplaces. In any organization where people consistently love to work, you will find a CEO and executive leadership team that places employee happiness among their top strategic priorities and act accordingly. If you truly treat your employees that way, they will treat your customers well, your customers will come back, and that’s what makes your shareholders happy.
Key Takeaways:
- How a work environment is structured has an impact on employee’s quality of life outside of the workplace and this should be taken into account by the employer by making the workplace fun and inspiring.
- Happy employees benefit the company they work for in many ways so doing things that promote this happiness benefits the employer int he long run as well as the employee.
- Happiness among employees is “contagious” and promoting it at work will benefit all parties in the end. There are many things an employer can do to help their employees be happy at work and home and some of these ideas are listed in this article.
“Employees who take joy in their work make excellent role models for their fellow workers and encourage them to also take joy in their work.”