I just made a new video!!! There is SO MUCH bad career advice out there. If you listen to it, it can hurt your health, your productivity and, ironically, even your career. Learn to recognize the 5 worst kinds of people who peddle this nonsense and why they are so spectacularly wrong ..read more

All companies want their employees to be motivated but traditional tools like rewards and punishment just don’t work very well. In fact, they usually backfire. So how do we REALLY motivate employees? In my latest webinar I revealed exactly how to effectively and sustainably motivate employees according to research. You can watch the whole thing ..read more

How exactly does compensation affect employee happiness? I covered that in my latest webinar… where I also proposed something HIGHLY controversial ? Watch the full webinar and get my slides and other materials here ..read more

Companies tend to massively undervalue the importance of good workplace relationships. That’s a mistake because the research clearly shows that organizations that foster good relationships get better results, because people like each other, trust each other, work better together and communicate better. Watch my latest webinar and get 10 tips for how to avoid this and how to keep all ..read more

It feels like everybody is always busy at work these days. Many workplaces keep putting their employees under massive time pressure. This happens when: Employees are routinely expected to increase their productivity year after year with little or no additional support, training or resources. A company is growing and taking on new clients/projects without a ..read more

Many workplaces are stuck in a vicious cycle: Recruitment is rushed and haphazard so the workplace is unhappy so more people quit so they have to recruit even faster. We need to break this cycle. I’ve had the privilege to visit and study a lot of the world’s happiest workplaces and one thing they all do really well is hiring. They take hiring very seriously and put a lot of effort into bringing in the right people and (equally important) keeping out the wrong ones. In our recent webinar, we showed exactly how workplaces can hire for happiness, including: The top mistakes companies make w ..read more

We have two super interesting free webinars on happiness at work in May: May 8: How To Hire For Happiness May 22: How To Train Your Boss To Give Recognition As always, they’re going to be short, snappy, fun and action-oriented. Read more and sign up here ..read more

For the first time in human history we have actual research and data on what makes people happier and more successful in life and at work. It would be almost criminally stupid not to study this research and apply it in out workplaces. Sadly, many workplaces are blind to all of these studies and consequently, they waste so much time and money on well-being initiatives that are doomed to fail. Watch our 30-minute webinar and learn the 5 most important findings from the happiness research that are relevant for workplaces. Topics include: The top 5 findings from positive psychology that are ..read more

Do you know exactly why happy workplaces get better results? This is such an important issue because knowing this is what drives workplaces to take happiness seriously and make employee wellbeing a strategic priority. In our 30-minute webinar last week we showed exactly what a company gets out of focusing on happiness at work and how you can use that knowledge to make it a priority in your workplace. We’ve shared the full webinar here along with additional materials, including the slides and links to related articles and books. Feel free to share this with others who would be intere ..read more

I think we all know that happy companies get better results but why exactly is that? Let’s look at the research and figure that out. The answer may not be what you think and it may change depending on the culture, the industry or the specific situation of the company. Knowing exactly why happiness at work will boost your company’s results is crucial because that knowledge will motivate leadership to do something to make employees happier and keep them committed to the process. Join this FREE webinar and learn all about: Exactly how happy employees boost the bottom line according to studies H ..read more