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Continuing Professional Development Courses at Happy

We now have a range of Continuing Professional Development, or CPD, certified courses. CPD is an essential, recognised approach to helping you keep your skills and knowledge up to date. It supports conscious and pro-active learning and demonstrates commitment towards your role or profession. Our CPD certified courses have been checked by a third party, including all handouts, slides and other supporting learning materials. This ensures our courses have the latest information and are relevant to your role.

Happy's Leadership Apprenticeship Programmes Are Now More Inclusive Than Ever

We believe that great leadership training should be available to everyone. We're excited to announce that there have been significant changes to apprenticeship programmes that make our Leadership Apprenticeship Programmes more accessible than ever before. This includes the removal of the Maths and English requirement for over 18s (unless required by the employer) and updated course outlines.

The Power of Sexual Energy in the Workplace

When we talk about sexual energy, it often brings up images of intimacy and desire, and often brings a discomfort to the fore. But what if I told you that sexual energy — the life force that fuels attraction, passion, and creativity — is also one of the most powerful assets you can bring to your work? Sophie Bryan explains more in this guest blog.

Generational Harmony at Work: Building Bridges for a Unified Future

There is much talk about different generations, and at times the narrative seems to imply how incompatible Gen Xers like me are with our younger colleagues. Managing a team with people across the generational divide can bring serious challenges – there are more over 60s in the workplace than ever before and digital natives at the other end whose adult life experience has been totally in the post-COVID world.

Explore, Reflect, and Grow: Join Our Free International Women’s Day Session

Join us on 5th March at 9.30am for an opportunity to reflect and celebrate this International Women’s Day. This free one-hour session will be a safe space for women to explore challenges they face in their working life, particularly around leadership and tech. We will also have a free training session on AI and how it can be used as a co-thinker to help overcome feelings of imposterism.

Happy wins Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award 2025

Happy has won the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award 2025 — an independent seal of excellence, based on customer reviews on the Feefo platform. In 2024, Happy received almost 200 reviews with an average rating of 4.7. This is the fifth consecutive year that Happy has won the award, which is every year we have been eligible — a huge achievement!

Reinventing leadership – John Seddon at Beyond Budgeting 2015

John Seddon is an occupational psychologist, researcher, professor, management thinker and global authority on change, specialising in the service industry. He is the managing director of Vanguard, a consultancy company he formed in 1985.

Ulrich Gammelgaard: Transparency and Demand Response at Velux

Ulrich Gammelgaard is Head of Global Financial Management at Velux, a roof window and skylight manufacturer, and one of the strongest brands in the building industry. Ulrich has played a major role in the transformation of the Velux planning model which has improved transparency and the company’s ability to act on demand changes globally.

Libby and Esther: Creating clear principles and values at Christian Aid

At Christian Aid, the culture has been very much focused on 'command and control', but Libby and Esther have been working together to change that. Their goal is to move more decisions to front-line staff and the point of impact for the charity's important work, and give their people more ownership over their roles. Find out more in Libby and Esther's talk from the 2016 Happy Workplaces Conference.

Prices Changing for Public and Private Courses in 2025

All of our course prices will be increasing by 5% in 2025. All prices will increase from 1st January, with the exception of our public leadership and personal development programmes which will change from 1st March 2025. This is the perfect time to book your training for the year ahead - you will still receive the same pricing, even if you book for June 2025.