7 Top Tips for a Happy Workplace

1. Recognize that leadership is a privilege
A lot of bad bosses view employee problems as unwelcome intrusions on their time. They instinctively wonder why they, the employee, cannot “fix” the problem by themselves. Instead, treat such interactions as an opportunity to forge a deeper connection with your employees and instill in them the values you want them to take up and display.

2. Keep in mind that your employees are human
They’re individual human beings who’re driven by basic human urges. They also want to live a happy life, free from suffering. Offer external help if needed by referring employees to a Clarity Clinic, this will make them feel valued and cared for. While it is essential to ensure that your organizational goals are met, remember to do so considering each person’s strength, growth, and personal learning. It is part of your challenge to foster this in them – this is one area that you need to invest a considerable amount of your time.

3. Be authentic. Do not use techniques
Countless methods advocate patting your employees on the back to encourage them to work even harder and to make them feel good. While that is one way to go about things, duplicitous praise is at a level manipulative, and neither you or your employee will feel good about it. Create employee loyalty by offering them praises because it’s a genuine expression of how you feel – by doing so, you make them feel appreciated, boosting their morale.

4. Constantly improve yourself
You cannot teach someone how to play chess unless you’re really good at playing the game yourself. If you want to inspire those beneath you, it is essential that you first find your calling. The goal should be to get to a point where you are no longer ‘trying’ to inspire others but are vibrating at such high frequencies of self-assuredness that those who look up to you are inspired by just being around you.

5. Consciously try, in every interaction and on every occasion, to raise your employees’ level of consciousness – both collectively and individually
Let them know what you believe they’re capable of becoming and doing, and what the company can become as a result of their efforts. Do this as often as possible until it becomes your company’s collective vision – not just your own.

6. Ensure your employees see the value of what they’re doing first-hand and the impact it has
A hotel chain CEO makes it a practice to invite those guests who send in authoritative testimonials to visit again at the company’s expense and meet the hotel’s housekeeping staff. The CEO of a company that makes medical equipment records the grateful statements of people whose lives have been saved by their equipment and shares the video presentations at in-house company meetings. Use creativity and create your own approach; however, ensure that the method you take up demonstrates the impact and value of your employees’ contributions.

7. Enquire! Enquire! Enquire!
A majority of employers never do this. Consider asking each employee that reports to you what is the one thing that can do for them to make their life easier. If possible, do it for them. If not, then explain why you can’t and ask them for another. Do this with an open heart and see the kind of trans formative effect this single action can have. Repeat after six months.