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Should we focus on making workers happy? How important is a happy workforce? According to Mark Price, the former boss of Waitrose, it's the main thing that leaders should be thinking about. Make your workforce happy...

Presence: our rituals show what matters to us Stanford's Kursat Ozenc gives the roadmap to designing culture This episode is part of the Presence project: Presence: Fixing culture starts with your calendar, not your office Kursat Ozenc is a...

Presence: presence starts with positive leadership Here's the last discussion about the Happiness Track Sign up for the newsletter Emma's new book Sovereign HBR: The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Positive Energy HBR: Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are...

“Workers watch your feet, not your lips” – changing culture at scale To receive the newsletter and the forthcoming Presence project sign-up here Today’s top episode goes to the heart of an issue that a lot of people raise with me. They say...

The future of work? “The manager as a therapist” Isabel Berwick is a writer and podcaster who focusses on the evolving state of modern work. I’ve celebrated her podcast Working It many times here (here’s her specials on...

Getting real with Employee Experience How should we think about the differences between Employee Experience and Employee Engagement? I first spoke to Emma Bridger, who is the author of a well respected book on this...

Better conversations, better relationships Charles Duhigg on how to be a supercommunicator Charles Duhigg’s bestseller The Power of Habit was the definitive guide to building and sustaining successful habits. His new book, Supercommunicators, grapples with...

Do bonuses actually make us work harder? Getting to grips with incentives with Uri Gneezy Many of us have worked in environments that provided bonuses or rewards for success. Maybe they took the form of team rewards...