A Happy Company. Every March 20, the International Day of Happiness is commemorated. To mark the occasion, we wanted to dedicate a few lines to discussing happiness and encourage you to reflect on it, as well as explore the relationship between happiness and work.
Can something as abstract as happiness be measured? Does the meaning of happiness change over time? What really makes us happy? Are we happy at work, with our family, or while playing sports?
If we look up what happiness is, we may find different definitions.
For example, it may be defined as a state of mind in which a person feels completely satisfied by having what they want or enjoying something good; or happiness may be an emotional state that occurs when a person believes they have achieved a desired goal.
For each person, happiness means something different. Everyone may associate it with something specific: family, health, a new job, a romantic relationship, getting promoted at work, etc.
But can a company be a happy company?
Yes. A company is made up of the people who work there. If your employees are happy, that happiness will spread throughout the company. You will therefore have a happy company. But how do we achieve this?
When seeking greater innovation, creativity, profitability, efficiency, and productivity, we always tend to think that we will achieve them through machinery, facilities, or technology, among other things. And indeed, all of that helps, but it is not what will give us the results we expect or set us apart from the rest.
We all spend one-third of our lives working, and, in turn, one-third of each day. Making that time 100% productive depends on how we care for our employees.
If an organization thinks that it can become a market leader simply by improving the company’s materials and equipment, it is completely mistaken.
An efficient company depends on its most important asset: its people.
Behind those people are families, dreams, ideas, feelings, and aspirations. Therefore, the company has a social responsibility toward those who invest a third of their lives in helping the organization grow. Employees also have the right to grow with it.
At a company, it is vital to create an environment where employees can develop, where they are heard, and where their needs are addressed—an environment where they are cared for.
To understand what makes employees happy, the first thing to do is find out what their needs are and address them. Find out what concerns them and what their fears are.
In other posts, we have already mentioned how the new generations increasingly demand something more from companies than financial compensation. They demand commitment—to them and to their families.
Emotional compensation is becoming increasingly important and goes hand in hand with happiness. The two cannot be separated, and companies must become aware of this. Money is no longer the only way to make an employee happy and convince them to stay with us. Money cannot ease a concern or discomfort while we are working. As we all know, there are simply some things that money cannot buy, and happiness is one of them.
And you, are you happy at work?
A happy company
A Happy Company. Every March 20, the International Day of Happiness is commemorated. To mark the occasion, we wanted to dedicate a few lines to discussing happiness and encourage you to reflect on it, as well as explore the relationship between happiness and work.
Can something as abstract as happiness be measured? Does the meaning of happiness change over time? What really makes us happy? Are we happy at work, with our family, or while playing sports?
If we look up what happiness is, we may find different definitions.
For example, it may be defined as a state of mind in which a person feels completely satisfied by having what they want or enjoying something good; or happiness may be an emotional state that occurs when a person believes they have achieved a desired goal.
For each person, happiness means something different. Everyone may associate it with something specific: family, health, a new job, a romantic relationship, getting promoted at work, etc.
But can a company be a happy company?
Yes. A company is made up of the people who work there. If your employees are happy, that happiness will spread throughout the company. You will therefore have a happy company. But how do we achieve this?
When seeking greater innovation, creativity, profitability, efficiency, and productivity, we always tend to think that we will achieve them through machinery, facilities, or technology, among other things. And indeed, all of that helps, but it is not what will give us the results we expect or set us apart from the rest.
We all spend one-third of our lives working, and, in turn, one-third of each day. Making that time 100% productive depends on how we care for our employees.
If an organization thinks that it can become a market leader simply by improving the company’s materials and equipment, it is completely mistaken.
An efficient company depends on its most important asset: its people.
Behind those people are families, dreams, ideas, feelings, and aspirations. Therefore, the company has a social responsibility toward those who invest a third of their lives in helping the organization grow. Employees also have the right to grow with it.
At a company, it is vital to create an environment where employees can develop, where they are heard, and where their needs are addressed—an environment where they are cared for.
To understand what makes employees happy, the first thing to do is find out what their needs are and address them. Find out what concerns them and what their fears are.
In other posts, we have already mentioned how the new generations increasingly demand something more from companies than financial compensation. They demand commitment—to them and to their families.
Emotional compensation is becoming increasingly important and goes hand in hand with happiness. The two cannot be separated, and companies must become aware of this. Money is no longer the only way to make an employee happy and convince them to stay with us. Money cannot ease a concern or discomfort while we are working. As we all know, there are simply some things that money cannot buy, and happiness is one of them.
And you, are you happy at work?
