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Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 5
March 25th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Jenny Taylor, People Coordinator at Rockar Ltd.
Top Takeaways:
- Jenny shared her mindfulness toolkit which includes chair yoga, breathing and meditation techniques to centre and calm your mind throughout the day 2.
- We briefly touched on the importance of understanding our 24 character strengths and how we can harness them to improve our personal development in everyday life.
Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 4
March 11th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Dr.Anne Hsu, Founder of Diplomacy Dojo.
Top Takeaways:
- How we can create a more positive feedback culture and approach difficult conversations
- Understanding the difference between “feelings” and “judgements”
- Importance of understanding emotions in tense conversations.
“Culture Shock” – Rebuilding Toxic Work Cultures
Mar 3, 2021
Matt Phelan is joined by:
- Clive Lewis OBE, Business Psychologist, Mediator & Author of “Toxic: A Guide to Rebuilding Respect and Tolerance in a Hostile Workplace”
- Kelly Swingler, Executive Coach for Rebellious People Leaders
- Andrew Patrick, Chairman, BeBettor
- To discuss:
- What makes a culture ‘toxic’?
- What are the tell-tale signs of a toxic culture to look out for at an organisational, team and individual level?
- What is the cost of not addressing toxic cultures?
- Can you rebuild a culture to remove the toxicity? If so how?
- Has the global pandemic improved workplace cultures or made toxicity more prevalent?
How to Link Equality, Diversity and Employee Engagement Data
Mar 3, 2021
Matt Phelan and Kevin O’Brien of Williams Kent were joined by:
- Dr Jenny Cook, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Data Lead, The Met Office
Monica Stancu, Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Royal Academy of Engineering
Meera Roy-Chowdhury, Diversity & Inclusion Adviser, Business in the Community
Cat Wildman, Co-Founder, The GEC
- To discuss:
- What are the biggest challenges that companies are faced with when it comes to the collection and use of Diversity data?
- How does the collection of Diversity data impact on Employee Engagement?
- Should we be disaggregating Diversity Data to look at intersectionality? Why?
Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 2
Feb 11th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Sofie Sun and Marco Van Van Onzen from Sound and Solid.
Top Takeaways:
- Sofie and Marco share the passion behind their mission
- The biggest challenges they help organisations overcome and how they do it
- How the pandemic affects happiness in organisations
Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 3
Feb 25h, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Gareth Dunlop, CEO & Founder at FATHOM_
Top Takeaways:
- Gareth breaks down the basic methodology of user experience into three steps to help us think about how we can use these principles to start shaping a better employee experience.
- “Experiences are made of moments” not all add up equally and some may be good or bad but they are all important to help us understand what makes a GREAT experience.
- A surprise magic trick at the end- Worth watching all the way through to see this one!
Creating a Happy & Healthy Organisation – The One Manchester Story
Feb 10, 2021
Mark Thompson and Rosanna Bull were joined by:
- Rachel Armstrong, Learning & Development Partner, One Manchester
- To discuss:
- The main people priorities for One Manchester
- How the global Covid-19 pandemic has impacted their business
- How their values, vision and culture have informed their response
- How they have implemented a listening strategy to understand how their people are feeling and what actions to prioritise
- How their board and leadership team have supported their people strategy
- The journey One Manchester intend to take their people on in 2021 and beyond
Happiness & Humans LIVE S2 Ep 1
January 28th, 2021
Hosted by: Rosey Jarvis: Community Manager, The Happiness Index & Steven Hargreaves: Founder & Director of The Compassionate Leadership Company.
Top Takeaways:
1. The importance of compassionate leadership in the workplace
2. The impact of compassion and humanizing work in the contemporary working world and for the future.
3. The highs and lows of starting a new business in the midst of a pandemic
Reimagining Employee Engagement in 2021
Jan 27, 2021
Matt Phelan was joined by:
- Lisa Haggar, HR Director, The Fielding Group
- Daiana Vivan, Employee Experience Solutions Director, Sodexo
- Kenlyn Klamper, VP People + Culture, Apkodo
- To discuss:
- What lessons HR leaders have learnt from the pandemic
- How well organisations are currently engaging their people
- The short and long-term challenges HR leaders face in reinventing their employee engagement model
- How HR leaders can create a focussed plan to deliver the changes that will enable their people to go from surviving to thriving
- How to reconnect employee engagement and employee happiness
- How to comply with the UK Corporate Governance Code and strengthen employee voice in the boardroom