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"Thank you." These simple words are two of the most important in your vocabulary. But when was the last time that you said thank you to a colleague?

BrewDog introduces ‘paw-ternity’ leave for staff

As you may have guessed from the name, multinational craft beer chain BrewDog is very dog-friendly. Dogs are welcome in each of their 47 bars, and their head office in Scotland has 50 office dogs. However, they have now taken this a step further, launching a new Puppy Parental Leave scheme for all members of staff.

Happy developed a six-month Clinical Leadership Development Programme for the Nottingham University Hospital (NUH), which included five days of classroom training, eLearning, an online community and online assessment.

Our Drupal Apprentices in Leeds

Our Drupal Apprenticeship scheme has expanded to Leeds, UK, with three new apprentices and two businesses taking part. Find out more in our blog.

We’ve had some fantastic reviews on our Google My Business listing from people who have come to our Happy Computers training courses recently – all of these are genuine reviews from real customers in November 2016.

John Housego: On WL Gore and its Trust-Based Leadership

W.L. Gore has been listed on Best Companies to Work For since 1984 due to their value and trust-based culture. Find out what makes W.L. Gore so special.

Simon Perriton: How Just IT Helps People to Work at Their Best

Simon Perriton is a long-term friend of Happy, and his company Just IT has just ‘done the double’ – it’s just been in the Sunday Times ‘Best Workplace’ list and the Great Place to Work list. Simon explains in this talk (just shy of 13 minutes) how he has transformed his organisation into a happy workplace and increased profits over the last six years by helping his staff to work at their best.

Dries Buytaert recognises our Drupal Apprenticeship programme

Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, recently spoke about Happy’s Drupal Apprenticeship programme in his keynote speech at DrupalCon Dublin.

Happy has worked with Advanced Technology Services UK Ltd (ATS) since 2015. We began with the Happy Workplace Leadership Programme over six months. The aim of the training was to ensure that managers at ATS understood their role in creating a brilliant place to work, and to give them the tools to support this. Since then we have supported leadership development at ATS through multiple training events based around the Happy Workplace Programme.

We are very excited to announce that Paul Gapper is a Finalist for the Learning Professional of the Year at the 2017 Learning Awards!