PASSION:PURPOSE:PEOPLE:PROFIT
PASSION : PURPOSE : PEOPLE : PROFIT, People spend almost 30% of their lives working and another 33% counting sheep. The remaining 37%? Eating, personal hygiene, social activities, gossiping or binging on Netflix.
But work carries a special place in our lives. Work brings home the bacon, it shapes our identity. Work also provides income, a sense of self-worth, and social status.
And because of its impact—even if you’re out of work—it consumes a fair share of your psychic bandwidth.
No wonder phrases like “happiness at work”, “meaningful work”, and “purpose” are now making the rounds in the business world. Purpose has staying power. In fact, some would argue that purpose has always been at the heart of great work.
While employee happiness and engagement are not the same thing, they are generally correlated. It’s pretty rare to see someone who loves walking into the office each day, but finds no value or purpose in their work.
So how to have NEW purpose in your Business
Companies with happy employees outperform the competition by 20%. Too many companies think that higher profits are more important. However, more and more evidence is showing that employee happiness is a huge reason why companies are able to earn more and be more successful.
Happy employees are typically the ones who care about the organisation and have a desire to help your company achieve success.
Maybe you’re a skeptic about all this “people stuff”. You might think that focusing on engagement and happiness is just a new-age fad that millennials like to trumpet, but that it doesn’t really affect your company.
Simply put, when your employees are happy they care more. Your team’s goals are more compelling. They feel invested in the company’s performance.
Otherwise, your employees wouldn’t be happy and they’d be putting in a minimum effort to avoid being fired.
Happy teams like what they do, so their work feels less like work and more like fun.
Some tips on what you can do:
- Demonstrate Your Trust,
- Communicate a Clear Vision
- Don’t Avoid Small Talk
- Encourage Self-Improvement
- Leave Your Office Door Open
- Support Holiday Time
- Delegate More Than Just Work
- Learn Flexibility
- Inspire Creative Thinking
- Show You Appreciate Their Efforts
At The Business Fairy we can vouch for this whole-heartedly. We love helping companies make their offices better places to work, we research, analyse, mentor, provide training and put the proper Digital systems in place for the business we are working with.
Get in contact with us today and see how we can help you!
