Comments for Happy Ltd

Comment on Focus on Making Your Staff Happy by Annie McDowall

Annie McDowall — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:51:00 +0000

Hi Henry,

I’m reading your Manifesto at the moment and loving it. SHARE’s come a long way since we worked together and we’re a pretty happy organisation – I think we do a lot of the things you talk about – but there’s still a lot to do, and in particular to make sure that we’re not only happy, but also high performing. Recently got IiP bronze, and we’ve refocussed our recruitment so that there’s a bias towards attitude. Transparency and ensuring that everyone has a voice means that we’re weathering the funding squeeze much better than a lot of organisations, because everyone’s part of the solution.

Hope all’s well with you, and thank you for your inspirational writing.
Annie x

ps you might enjoy my novel, “Charity Begins with Murder” – see Amazon Kindle store or Lulu.com for the paperback.

Comment on Happy Publications by The Happy Manifesto: a blueprint for workplace bliss? | Hackney Citizen

The Happy Manifesto: a blueprint for workplace bliss? | Hackney Citizen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:34:34 +0000

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Comment on Pre-Approve It! by Webmaster

Webmaster — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:13:19 +0000

Eeek. Now there’s a striking image no-one will forget in a hurry. Great analogy. though …

Comment on Pre-Approve It! by Alex Watson

Alex Watson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:49:50 +0000

Great post, and I couldn’t agree more. Unfortunately its counter cultural in alot of organisations. Trust plays a big part and it goes both ways. Some managers remind me of Kathy Bates in the film Misery. He’s trying to escape to freedom and she gets a big sledgehammer and cobbles his feet…ouch:)

Comment on Happy Publications by How to Lead in 2012 | Phil Dourado

How to Lead in 2012 | Phil Dourado — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:38:35 +0000

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Comment on Henry Stewart Helps Launch Action for Happiness by Pete Silver

Pete Silver — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:56:51 +0000

Reg,

I’ve lost your email address.

Pete

Comment on Promote Everybody to CEO of Something by James

James — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:58:57 +0000

I once promoted a particularly nasty piece of work to manager, gave him a team to look after and significant pay rises, as a method of changing his poor attitude to work just to have him walk off the job after several incidents all self generated and take me and the company to tribunal with a pack of ‘racist’ based lies.

People dont change regardless of what you do for them, they either have it in them to be good honest reliable employees or they don’t.

Comment on Great Workplaces Make More Money 2 by BrianSJ

BrianSJ — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:46:33 +0000

a site search (thanks for having one) doesn’t show up any references here to Jeffrey Pfeffer. Worth finding his stuff. He has specialised in evidence based management.

Comment on 50% Tax Rate Discourages Entrepreneurs? Nonsense by Dan Gravell

Dan Gravell — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:46:37 +0000

Good post. Funnily enough I was writing my own post on the 50p tax rate when I was doing some research and found yours. Here it is… http://www.elstensoftware.com/blog/2011/10/25/why-50-percent-tax-rate-matters-nil-entrepreneurs/

Comment on Happy Manifesto: Choose the Cover by Ella

Ella — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:10:57 +0000

In this context only, I vote blue!

I’m not sure about removing the cloud – there’s something appropriate about the fact that the sun is emerging from behind it. You know, a fresh approach to business to brighten things up after decades of dull and cloudy management weather. But it would be really good to see a version without the cloud and compare the two.