Designed for a Leadership and HR regional conference held in Dubrovnik, Croatia 2015

1. “The Power of Happiness in Leadership”
Maura Sweeney – Presenter, USA
Leaders & Those Who Lead and Execute:
What’s the Difference?
Dubrovnik, Croatia 2015

2. What are your Values?
Profit
Technology
Market Share
Productivity
Power/Knowledge

4. The Center of Influence is You

5. Use Your Mind & Imagination to
Create Something Better

7. Perception: What do you “see”?

8. What Lens are You Choosing?

9. The Happiness Value
Harvard University Study
“Happiness”
adds up to a 50% advantage

10. Harmonizing Work & Words

11. United’s “Friendly Skies”
Delta’s “Velvet Touch”
Tech Data’s “Monkeys”
Hospitality’s “Hospital IV’s”
“Un-Happy” Work Examples

12. Shifts in the Air
Midlifers – rethinking old values
Millennials - careers with meaning
Arianna Huffington’s Third Metric -
“Defining Success Beyond Money & Power”

14. Leading by Influence = Transformation

15. Influencing from Above
From angry employee incident
to new leadership atmosphere

16. Influencing from Below
V.P. of Sales adjusts
a potentially disastrous decision

17. Influencing Abroad
Traveling Corporate Trainer
notices, remarks and wants to learn a
different leadership model

18. Personal & Personnel Wealth

19. Unlocking Wealth in Self & Others

20. Tips & Tricks
Turn Negative Consequences
into Positive Incentives
-Free Friday afternoons
-Group Incentives & Parties

21. Tips & Tricks
Create less stressful,
more productive scenarios
- Eliminate what you can
- Telecommuting

22. Tips & Tricks
Invite collaboration, creative
suggestions and new ideas
“over coffee”

23. Tips & Tricks
Develop, promote
and “celebrate” entire staff
- Ed Sullivan Show of Experts

24. Tips & Tricks
Create a Happiness Culture
Pay attention to the “feel” factor

25. Unlock Code #1
Know, communicate and regularly
enforce your culture
Concentrate on consistency v. hypocrisy
- Everyone from receptionist to CEO valued

26. Unlock Code #2
Start with the first interview
Consistently demonstrate what you want to convey
- admin, etiquette, employee input

27. Unlock Code #3
Address behavior, not the person
- Correction without “dis-spiriting”
- I want to see you succeed

28. Unlock Code #4
Develop an atmosphere of Trust
and Loyalty
- Internal sabotage
- Admit to errors
- “Thanks for allowing me to make mistakes and grow.”

29. Unlock Code #5
Determine the Negotiables
- Create with what’s within your purview to adjust,
experiment and play with

30. Unlock Code #6
Re-train Your Brain
- Every challenge provides an opportunity

31. The Elephant in the Room
“How do I feel?”
(Happiness Value v. Gravity)

33. Add the Happiness Factor

34. Art of Happiness Books
 Comfort Zones
 Influence
 Judgment
 Values
 Competition
 Nonsense