The document provides strategies for creating a happier workplace, emphasizing the importance of a positive work environment for attracting talent and improving productivity. Key tips include hiring individuals with positive personalities, fostering community interactions, occasionally breaking out of routine, showing care for employees, focusing on positive outcomes, and engaging in community service. Implementing these practices can lead to a more motivating and fulfilling workplace for all employees.

1. Employer & Recruiter Tip 7 SIMPLEWAYS TOMAKE YOURWORKPLACEHAPPIERCheryl Stein, Business Coach

2. .1WHY CREATEA HAPPIERWORKPLACE?

3. 1. WHY CREATE A HAPPIER WORKPLACE?It ‘s very easy to get caught up in worrying if your company is going to do well and forget about the things that make people want to work for you. Making your organization a happy place to work is an essential component to the successful long-lasting business

4. A happy work environment attracts good people and helps the people who work for you do the best for the company

5. To create that kind of environment, it takes:

6. a strong top down and bottom up approach

7. creativity and presence of mind

8. proper hiring practices and clear expectations.2HOW TO CREATE AHAPPIER WORKPLACE

9. 2.1 HIRE HAPPY PERSONALITIESHiring people who are going to help make your workplace happier will take a little thought and preparation. It is natural to focus on relevant experience and past achievements when interviewing a candidate. And you are right to want those things for your company. But ignoring the personality is a mistake

10. The best candidate on paper might be the worst person to bring into your office. Look for the intangibles. Be aware of how you feel around the person. Do they seem like they focus on the positives or negatives? Do they laugh? Do they smile? Do they seem like they create and nurture relationships? While their performance record is important, a person that brings gloom and doom to the workplace will kill productivity and motivation2.2 BE COMMUNITY MINDED AT WORKMake a point of encouraging people to say hi to each other. Sounds simple but it’s a good way to build a sense of workplace community, something busy focused people forget

11. Start by making it a policy to have your executives and managers make sure to take the time to say hi. Choose ambassadors from all different levels and areas of your company to do the same

12. Acknowledging people can change the entire atmosphere and make your workplace be a much nicer place2.3 GET OUT OF THE WORK ROUTINEOCCASIONALLYWe have a tendency not to focus on the big picture when we are really busy. This prevents us from creating perks or planning fun events that make the workplace happier

13. Treat people to something surprisingly good and fun. A day at the amusement park, a movie in the afternoon with popcorn and candy, chair massages. Anything you can think of to make people feel that you are doing something nice for them will make people feel happier 2.4 SHOW YOU CARE, AND ENCOURAGE SOME SELFISH THINKINGShow That You Care About Your EmployeesEver hear of the Hawthorne effect? It’s the increase in productivity in the workplace when people feel that they are cared about. It makes people happy to be asked how they are and for you to take a little time to find out how things are going in their lives. This simply means remembering to take the time to say, “How are you”Encourage Some Selfish Thinking Part of the secret to being happy at work is to encourage people to have personal career goals. When people feel that they are working toward something, the day-to-day politics and stresses of the workplace don’t matter as much

14. 2.5 FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE, AND GIVE BACK WITH YOUR EMPLOYEESFocus on the Positive Lots of places get caught up in the negative. They debrief by going over what didn’t work. Turn that around. Focus on the positive. That doesn’t mean that you should ignore things that need to be improved on, it just means that when you are looking for the good, you will find the good. If you look for the bad, everything will seem bleakGive Back With Your Employees Do something to give back to your community or to the world. Having a company wide initiative that makes a difference will make people feel connected to the greater good. Take a poll. Find out what people care about and get their opinions on how to accomplish those goals

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