Creating a Happier Workplace Is Possible — and Worth It
Being happy at work isn’t just a win for employees; it’s also a win for employers. Research shows a causal link between happy workers and a 13% increase in productivity - by Jennifer Moss.
Theme: Environmental Resilience, Organisational Resilience
Type: Document
Implementation timeframe: More Advanced
For many of us, being an adult at work today is like being a kid at a school without art, gym, and recess — no fun. And, that’s a huge reason why so many of us are disconnected, bored, and disengaged.
Gallup data confirms this. After trending upwards, engagement hit its lowest in a decade with younger workers and women — the most unhappy people at work. 50% of the global workforce is quiet quitting and 18% are loud quitting — sharing openly that they are unhappy at work. Social media trends like #QuietQuitting and #ActYourWage have reached over 1.2 billion views and their virality confirms that we’re all still feeling the effects of chronic stress and burnout.
For many of us, our perspective has shifted from what we do for a living to how we want to live. New research from MIT finds that our health and happiness at work is not an afterthought, but rather a driving force in our decision to take, stay at, or leave a job.
Being happy at work isn’t just a win for employees; it’s also a win for employers. Novel research from Oxford has found a causal link between happy workers and a 13% increase in productivity. On the flipside, disengaged employees are unhappy employees, which costs the world $8.8 trillion dollars, or 9% of global GDP.*
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