Management Perspectives

Happy employees are engaged employees, resulting in increased productivity as well as lower absenteeism from work.

Traditionally, followers have been viewed as passive supporters, merely executing the directives of their leaders. However, this perspective is increasingly being challenged. The modern organizational landscape recognises that followers are not just subordinates; they are active participants who significantly influence organizational success.

Happiness at work is crucial if you want to drive commercial performance. But what does happiness at work mean? How can managers measure it and have more of it? And what happens to organisations when they get happiness right?

A sense of well-being—whatever that means to us—results in a number of benefits with research showing greater efficiency, more effective interpersonal interactions and taking of opportunities, greater motivation, and even greater cognitive flexibility (resulting in better problem solving and creativity).