Can happiness be a good business strategy?
   A happy workforce is more engaged, creative and more focused,
   Tim Smedley for the Guardian Professional Network
   happiness-work
   [ ] The link between happiness and productivity at work is increasingly
   How happy are you at work? Maybe you're reading this at work right now?
   Which could indicate that you work in a friendly workplace culture
   that you're a happy and productive worker; the latter, quite the
   opposite. And this link between happiness and productivity at work is
   years of his life working in this field. It used to be known as
   didn't know what that meant", says Marks. Happiness is what it's really
   "People who are happier at work are more productive – they are more
   difference in productivity between happy and unhappy people at work can
   The current poster boy for happiness in business circles is Tony Hsieh.
   missed working in a happy environment. "It began selfishly for me", he
   admits. "I was in the financial position of not having to work again...
   The UK government is not ignoring happiness. For the last two years Lib
   sitting in May was standing room only. "Anyone who has worked in a
   up looking forward to going to work – then they will work better. We
   happiness of their employees. Marks feels that the employee engagement
   Nef's happiness survey gives employees instant results – including
   One company who trialled the Nef approach – The Works, a recruitment
   agency in the north of England – ended up changing its working hours
   So can happier people at work actually lead to a happier and more
   workplace trimmings – funky break-out areas, an internal pub – all felt
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