The Importance of Trust in the National Audit Office [Three-Minute Watch]

In this short three-minute video, Susan Ronaldson and Steve Mirfin of the National Audit Office explain about why they have made trust the centre of their workplace culture.

Building a Culture of Trust at CoppaFeel!

In this entertaining talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Natalie shares how her enthusiasm for implementing a four-day working week turned to disappointment and how she worked with her team to bring about a solution that worked for everyone.

How to Change a Demotivated Work Culture

People don’t resist change, they resist being changed. See how Marion Janner’s approach to change in the workplace was too good to resist.

What Makes Foundation SP an Award-Winning Great Place to Work

Speaking at the 2017 Happy Workplaces conference, Foundation SP CEO Simon Grosse explains that the FSP ethos is to care about people and try to extract each individual’s unrealised potential by prioritising empowerment, autonomy and freedom. Watch the full talk.

How Organisations Can Show Appreciation for Their Teams

At COOK, they believe that the key components of good working relationships at work are having a common purpose, clarity for staff on where they fit within the organisation, and finally by showing their staff that they are appreciated. At the 2019 Happy Workplaces Conference, Rosie Brown of COOK explained how they manage this at an organisational level in this short 2.44 minute video.

COOK: Creating Growth by Placing Relationships at the Heart of Business

Six years ago, Rosie Brown entered COOK for the Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies to Work For list, which is measured through a staff survey — and was shocked to find that they didn’t make the list. In this 20-minute video, Rosie talks about COOK’s journey to become a happy workplace

Is it time to go beyond empowerment?

For years we’ve talked about empowering people to find their own route to an agreed goal. But is that enough? Does setting the goal itself limit the possibilities? Given the three levels below, what can we do to move to self-management?

How Webmart Maximise Their Competitive Advantage

What areas of your organisation do you monitor? In this 2:40 minute video, Simon Biltcliffe explains how at Webmart, they monitor the company’s Intellectual, Emotional and Financial return for true competitive advantage.

The GDS 'It's OK' List

The culture is all around you in the Government Delivery Service office, says Alex Segrove, and the organisation understands the importance of internal communication. In this three minute clip from the 2017 Creating Happy Workplaces in the Public Sector Conference, Alex outlines how GDS has established an agile workplace that's highly responsive to the user, based on principles of trust and freedom

Happy Workplaces are More Successful

The research has been done and the evidence is in: there is a clear link, shown in many studies, confirming that companies with great workplaces are more successful commercially. In this blog, Henry Stewart provides the evidence that happy workplaces simply perform better.

Caron Bradshaw: Why You Should Try Leading With Love

Caron has a wide array of experience across charity, regulation/law, policy, member support, and professional ethics and has been awarded with an OBE. In this video from the Happy Workplaces 2024 conference, Caron explains her management philosophy of "leading with love".

The Power of Dreams: Rachel Law from PossAbilities

In this talk from the 2023 Happy Workplaces Conference, Rachel talks about the power of dreams to create a happy workplace, and motivating and retaining staff in a notoriously difficult sector. Rachel discusses the importance of trust, listening to staff and linking with local communities, as well as gardens, a miniature Shetland pony, holidays, and Duvet Days.

How the Government Digital Service creates a happy, diverse workplace

Alex Segrove is the Delivery Lead for the Government Delivery Service (GDS) – the digital transformation unit within the Cabinet Office. GDS are guided by 11 core principles, which Alex outlines in her talk at the 2017 Creating Happy Workplaces in the Public Sector conference. Read the transcript and watch the full talk below.

Be specific with your values if you want to stand out

In this three-minute clip from the 2017 Happy Workplaces CEO Conference, Dom Monkhouse explains why organisations being specific with their values is so essential and why not doing so means the organisation will just end up being beige.