10 Simple ways to make your business more
Joyful
‌joy is the new competitive advantage! By Amanda Gore
“…every business outcome shows improvement when the brain is
Why Joy?
positive.” Harvard Business Review
51% lower turnover (Gallup)
43% more productivity ( HayGroup)
Businesses That Have Joyful Workers Have:
125% less burnout (HBR)
19% less sick leave (iOpener Institute)
33% Higher profitability (Gallup)
So what can you do to make your business a joyful place?
1. Feel Good About Yourself This is actually the most important point. The most important thing in life is how you feel about yourself because that affects every other aspect of your life especially your performance.
A person who feels good about themselves can focus on making others feel good about themselves! This makes for a great colleague or boss.
2. Value Feelings Success in business is always about feelings – the the way we feel about a product, organization or person influences how we behave and informs our decisions about how we spend, or who we conduct business with.
“Our research shows that people are less likely to buy from a company with an employee they perceive as rude, whether the rudeness is directed at them or at other employees. Witnessing just a single unpleasant interaction leads customers to generalize about other employees, the organization, and even the brand.” (HBR) The Price of Incivility
3. Create a Safe Environment
Create a work environment that is fear free and joy filled especially if you are a leader. Fear inhibits performance, creativity and blocks the ability to experience joy at work.
4. Understand that work + joy = profitability
Joy at work matters - it IS the new competitive advantage!
When compared with industry competitors at the company level, organizations Amanda Gore with more than four engaged employees for every one actively disengaged employee saw 2.6 times more growth in earnings per share than those with less engaged workers. (Hay Group)
2.6 times more growth in earnings per share
5. Recognize and Acknowledge Good Job!
The #1 thing people want in life is recognition and acknowledgement . Being acknowledged makes people feel good about themselves.
“Appreciation is a fundamental human need. Employees respond to appreciation expressed through recognition of their good work because it confirms their work is valued. When employees and their work are valued, their satisfaction and productivity rises, and they are motivated to maintain or improve their good work.”
Give people TA DA's; a thumbs up. a high five …or just celebrate changes and achievements in some way.
From: The enthusiastic employee – how companies profit by giving workers what they want .
6. Keep Learning
The brain loves change it needs change to grow and develop. Seek to grow, learn and develop at work. Take all the opportunities offered. Ask for mentoring and guidance.
7. Be Grateful Gratitude
Gratitude is the foundation for joy put on your gratitude glasses so that you find things for which to be grateful in everyone and everything it transforms life - and work. Gratitude reframes everything that happens in your life.
8. Be a Good Finder
Be a good finder! Find good in everyone and every situation - there is always something good. You may have to search deeply at times but you will find something! And that habit will change your life. People don't like working with pessimistic, energy suckers
“Research shows that when people work with a positive mindset, performance on nearly every level—productivity, creativity, engagement—improves.” Harvard Business Review
9. Have a Purpose Find some purpose and meaning in the work you do. “Of all the things that can boost emotions, motivation, and perceptions during a workday, the single most important is making progress in meaningful work.� The power of small wins (HBR)
We spend at least 50% of our lives at work so it's critical to find purpose, passion and love for your work, because for most people work life balance is not possible! Be aware of the need to unplug from the technology that keeps you tied to work in your home and family time. Exercise more . Sleep - at least 7 hours if you can - you need it to recuperate. Take regular breaks at work - it's a paradox but we actually achieve more when we take regular short breaks. Relax, see friends, eat well, have regular holidays and laugh a lot! You will live longer and be more productive.
10. Love your work
Amanda Gore
Amanda Gore is one of Australia's and America's most popular 'experience creating' speakers. She blends the principles of ancient wisdom with new research in modern science to wake people up to what really matters - in life and at work. Involving the audience in an entertaining way that gets them all connected, she shares strategies, techniques and skills that allow people to adapt to change, transform their attitudes, eradicate fear, and improve relationships, communication, leadership, sales and customer service. The most important thing in life is how you feel about yourself - because that affects every other aspect of your life especially your performance. The ability to make others feel good about themselves is rarely taught, yet critical for success in any field. People are 80% emotional and 20% rational - they will never forget how you made them feel! Amanda teaches people how to operate at that feeling level!
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