Happiness and Motivation promote the business profitability. Discover how to optimize performance and well-being at your company.
Happiness and Motivation to Boost Business Profitability
Carlos Jordana, a professional with many years of international experience in Human Resources and a specialist in well-being and team building, spoke about the need to transform employees’ emotions and opinions into data that can be used to gain useful insights for making decisions aimed at improving employee well-being. In addition, this specialist shares key takeaways from the webinar that highlight the main points of his presentation, which you can find throughout this article.
A New Role Is Emerging in Companies: Chief Happiness Officer
The role of Chief Happiness Officer, or "chief happiness officer," has become an increasingly common role within organizations, responsible for advocating for employee well-being, listening to employees, and helping them feel valued, among other things functions. Some developments that have led to the creation of this professional role include, for example, the phenomenon of «The Great Resignation»A phenomenon that began in the United States, with more than 4.5 million resignations per month, and has spread to Spain. The second factor behind this new role is the most recent pandemic, which, according to a survey led by LinkedIn, revealed that the 74% On the one hand, professionals reevaluated their lifestyle; on the other hand, Microsoft found in another survey that the 20% Many workers felt that there was no room for work-life balance at their companies.
The situation is such that at least 1 in 3 workers is considering leaving their job, a situation caused by monotonous work that offers little sense of purpose or contribution and no opportunities for growth or learning.
The Real Problem in Spain
Although professionals who have considered leaving their jobs in Spain have not actually done so, they continue to perform their duties at their companies despite a lack of incentives and motivation. This situation may be even more serious for the well-being of the companies themselves, as well as for their projects. This undoubtedly creates various challenges for the organizations, which we outline below.
Source: Original content based on the webinar: «Happiness Pays Off»
Where's the key? The new head of Chief Happiness Officer Its mission is to put the necessary measures in place to motivate employees so that they are happier and more productive; this will have a significant impact on the company’s competitiveness and will contribute to a sustainable model.
The Current State of Businesses
Today, companies believe that acquiring technology is enough to better integrate people with one another, with customers, and with stakeholders. Beyond this, the real challenge stems from organizational culture, siloed structures, departments that don’t communicate with one another, resistance to change, and incompatibility in work models based on rank. During the webinar, Carlos Jordana highlighted the indicators that foster joy in a company’s development, based on a survey conducted by the consulting firm A.T. Kearney more than 500 employees from various U.S. companies, measured across three factors, taking into account those who said they felt happy at work:
1. Impact:
75% confirmed that their role was critical to the team's success and that they were aware of the importance of their work in contributing to the business's success
2. Recognition:
74% of the professionals stated that recognition both influences and contributes to the success of the work team.
3. Harmony:
74% of these professionals stated that they understood their role and that of the other team members. They saw how their talents were being put to effective use.
Happiness is the solution
In conclusion, the expert explains why happiness can be a great solution for a company’s growth. First, because, in his view, people intrinsically seek happiness—it is the most natural human instinct—and, second, because the feeling of happiness itself connects people more powerfully than any other human emotion.
This webinar provided valuable insights and was highly beneficial to all attendees, offering guidance on how to improve professional performance through active listening, happiness, and effective strategies, which can be seen in the full video of this webinar.
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