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Happiness is a work ethic - By Gale Mote
1. Happiness is a Work Ethic!
Metro North Rotary
April 11, 2013
2. Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos
“Businesses often forget about
the culture, and ultimately, they
suffer for it because you cannot
deliver good service from
unhappy employees!”
4. Zappos Core Values
Deliver WOW Through Service
Embrace and Drive Change
Create Fun and A Little Weirdness
Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded
Pursue Growth and Learning
Build Open and Honest Relationships With
Communication
Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit
Do More With Less
Be Passionate and Determined
Be Humble
5. Happiness Defined
Experience of
positive emotions:
Pleasure combined
with deeper feelings
of meaning and
purpose. Implies a
positive mood in the
present and a
positive outlook for
6. Benefits of Being Happy at
Work
Higher productivity Fewer workman’s
Produce higher comp claims
sales Lower healthcare
Better leaders $$
Higher Improve
performance communication
ratings Better teamwork
Higher pay Improved creativity
More job security and innovation
Less absenteeism Increased
Reduced turnover resilience and
adaptability
7. The Happiness Advantage
Shawn Achor
Happiness fuels
success not vice versa
A brain primed to be
positive outperforms a
brain that is negative or
stressed
Overcome the “tetris
effect”
Respect for “mirror
neurons”
8. Destructive Manager Habits
Marshall Goldsmith, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Making destructive comments
Starting with “no,” but,” and
“however”
Making excuses
Not listening
Not apologizing
Claiming credit they don’t deserve
Excessive need to win, be right,
have the last word, etc.
9. Top 5 Amygdala Triggers in the
Workplace
1.Condescension and lack of
respect
2.Being treated unfairly
3.Being unappreciated
4.Feeling that you are not being
listened to or heard
5.Being held to unrealistic
deadlines
10. The Three Signs
of a Miserable Job
Patrick Lencioni, 2007
Anonymity
◦ People cannot be fulfilled in their work if
they are not known.
Irrelevance
◦ Everyone needs to know that their job
matters, to someone.
Immeasurement
◦ People need to be able to gauge their own
progress and level of contribution for
themselves.
11. 1. Do I know what is expected 7. At work, do my opinions
of me at work? seem to count?
2. Do I have the equipment 8. Does the mission or
and material I need to do purpose of the company
my work right? make me feel my work is
3. At work, do I have an important?
opportunity to do what I do 9. Are my co-workers
best every day? committed to doing
4. In the last seven days, have quality work?
I received recognition or 10. Do I have a best friend at
praise for good work? work?
5. Does my supervisor or 11. In the last six months,
someone at work seem to have I talked with
care about me as a person? someone about my
6. Is there someone at work progress?
who encourages my 12. This last year, have I had
development? opportunities at work to
learn and to grow?
“First, Break All the Rules”
Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
12. Maya Angelou
People will forget
what you said.
They will forget
what you did. They
will never forget
how you made
them feel.
13. How to Train the
Brain to be More Positive
Gratitude
Exercise
Reduce Multi-Tasking
Conscious acts of
kindness
Focus on strengths
Admit mistakes and be
forgiving
Reframe
14. In Conclusion….
Happiness is a choice.
Every single business
outcome is actually
predicted by our level of
positivity.
Optimism drives
opportunity!