After every talk I give, I ask the organizer to rate us. Here’s the most recent rating from a talk I gave last week. This is why I get up in the morning – it’s for the chance to spread some concepts and tools that make workplaces happier! It makes me really proud when the ..read more

Jamie Dimon became the latest billionaire to CEO to rail against remote work and seek to force employees back into the office full time. He went on an angry rant in a JPMorgan Chase town hall meeting where he claimed that being together in the office is the ONLY way to be creative and productive ..read more

Do you want to become a Certified Chief Happiness Officer? After a long hiatus we are now back with two dates for our most in-depth 3-day training taught by the world’s leading expert and first Chief Happiness Officer. Join us in Copenhagen (one of the nicest and most livable cities in the world) and get ..read more

What does it say about me that out of the (literally) hundreds of business books I’ve read, two of my all-time favorites have the word “ass” in the title? Do I just have a juvenile sense of humor? Do I tend to enjoy profanity? Do I like it when people are brave enough to stick ..read more

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