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New Course Announcement: Excel Without Maths

Explore features in Excel that don't involve any maths calculations on our brand new, one-day course.

Henry Stewart Speaking at the 2019 Happiness and Humans Conference

Henry Stewart was invited to speak about the importance of happy and engaged workplaces at the Happiness and Humans Conference in May 2019, hosted by the Happiness Index. Watch his talk here.

49 Steps to a Happy Workplace

At the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, a range of fabulous speakers shared ideas on how to create great workplaces based on trust and freedom. In this blog, Henry lists 49 of his favourite ideas from the event.

Are Your People Surveyed Out?

Online surveys are by far the quickest and most cost-effective way of gathering data and consulting across a workforce at speed. However, it’s no secret that people are starting to feel a bit ‘surveyed out’. Here’s four of Happy’s tried and tested alternatives to the online survey.

A Four Day Week? Let’s Start With a Four Day August

Some organisations have found that a four day week improves both wellbeing and productivity. If that sounds a bit daunting, how about a four day week for August?

Career Opportunity: Hospitality Coordinator

Happy is looking for a friendly, organised and experienced Hospitality Coordinator to meet and greet our clients and to be responsible for our café area at our HQ in London.

Prices Changing for Leadership and Personal Development Courses

We have reviewed customer feedback from the last year and have improved our Leadership and Personal Development courses to be more consistent, in-line with Happy’s principles and even more effective. With these improvements, we have also reviewed our pricing structure. Some of the prices for our Leadership and Personal Development programmes will be changing from 1st September 2019.

30 Steps to Joy at Work: Get More Done by Being Less Busy

Could we get more done if we were less hectic and overwhelmed? Bruce Daisley, EMEA Vice President of Twitter, will be speaking about the Joy of Work at the Happy Workplaces CEO conference on 24th October 2019 (at Happy in Aldgate, London). His new book, The Joy of Work, promises "30 ways to fix your work culture and fall in love with your job again".

When copying formulas in Excel, you'll find that sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The key to making sure your formulas work every time is Absolute Cell References. This makes sure that your formula uses the same cell reference each time - wherever it is copied to.

How to Develop Resilience and Maintain Wellbeing

Developing resilience is essential for prospering in our work and private lives. This blog by Billy Burgess looks at a few factors that’ll help furnish resilience and maintain mental wellbeing.