Workplace Assessments: Enable Your Employees to Work at their Best
Passionate, engaged, happy workers are 300% more creative and 31% more productive than their disengaged counterparts. - Source: HBR, Positive Intelligence, 2012. Alarmingly, 24% are so unhappy in their job that they'd go so far as to deliberately undermine the company (source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace, 2015). My
The Aftermath of Spinal Surgery
It's been almost 5 months since I had a disc replacement and spinal fusion. The surgeon dubbed it "a great success". But I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. The road to recovery was longer than I expected. Much, much longer. I've had some
Thriving - Not Just Surviving - with Chronic Pain
Tomorrow I'll be having this screwed into my spine, and a disc replaced too. And not a moment too soon. I've been living with chronic lower back pain since January 2016, taking a cocktail of (prescribed) painkillers including Endone, Targin, and Valium; as much body-mobility exercises as I could get
How I Caught the Speaking Bug
I've just walked off stage from my very first international speaking gig and I'm hooked. Elated. Pumped. Overjoyed. Not to mention exhausted! And it's not just because of feedback like this: EVERYONE needs to listen to @KylieMHunt talk about Survival Tactics for Uninspiring Workplaces. Moving, inspirational, essential. And another: I'm
Don't Be Dilbert: Survival Tactics for Uninspiring Workplaces
Hi there! If you've landed on this page you've probably watched my presentation at NDC Oslo and are keen to find out a little more about how to avoid "SMondays" - the moment when Sunday stops feeling like a Sunday and the anxiety of Monday kicks in -
Webinar: 5 Tips to Boost Workplace Happiness
Happy workers are, on average, 31% more productive and 3x more creative. They also get higher performance ratings and higher way - so the happier you are at work, the more money you're likely to get. But the vast majority of us aren't happy. Research shows that globally only 13%
Workplace of the future: How to keep the workplace relevant
The 9 to 5 workday is dead. Growth in technology is impacting where we work, when we work, and how we work, like never before. But what impact does this have on the workplace itself? If we can work from anywhere, is the traditional office environment dead? I explored this
Improve Productivity in Your Workplace: Implement Random Acts of Kindness
Happy workers are, on average, 31% more productive and 3x more creative. So isn't it in everyone's best interests to do everything we can to ensure our people are happy? One of the best ways we can do this is to tap into the deepest principle of human nature, which
Don't Underestimate the Power of Disgruntled Employees (& get a free Pluralsight pass)!
Let's try to turn that frown upside-down - read below for a chance to receive a free Pluralsight pass! When researching for my course, Boost Productivity Through Employee Happiness, I came across numerous stories about disgruntled employees and their impact on the workplace. Some made it into my course (like
What it's like to leave an unhappy job: my 10 mini-lightbulb moments
I think I need to leave my unhappy job = fear. I decide to leave my unhappy job = hope. I leave my unhappy job = elation. I've left my unhappy job = oh crap. Now what? If the planets had aligned, I'd have a fabulous new job to walk straight in to. But
New Pluralsight Course: Boost Productivity Through Employee Happiness
Ever wanted to know how to improve happiness in the workplace but didn't know where to start? Well... fabulous news! I've just launched an e-learning course, 'Boost Productivity Through Employee Happiness', which is available right now from Pluralsight. I'm massively excited to share this; there's been a lot of soul-searching
Toxic Company Cultures: 5 of the Ugliest Anti-Patterns
An anti-pattern is a common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective and risks being highly counterproductive. When we're talking about happiness in the workplace, it's important to understand just how bad things things can get, before we can then look at ways to improve. Enter company culture
Why Am I Here?
I'm here because of unhappiness. It would start on a Sunday night as I thought about what Monday would bring, and wouldn't relent until I sat at home with the family watching a movie on Friday night. The reason for the unhappiness that permeated my life? My job. In December