Leadership and a Happy Team

Leadership and a Happy Team
 
Happy ? 
You should be happy you’ve got a job, now get on with it.

Working in a happy team is like working with friends.

Aaagh… but friends will be easily distracted. We must always focus on the job at hand.

Do you remember when you’re in a class at school and the teacher brought happiness to the learning environment?

Did you look forward to that class ?

Of course. Likely you’ll remember that, more than the classes and the teachers where time spent was not enjoyable, and the learning experience struggled.

Do you remember a team – I hope you’re in one now – where the thought of going to work with those people brings a smile to your face, looking forward to being back with them, knowing that the work you’re doing has meaning, that working together, through the difficult times as well as the easy times brings a positive feeling of wanting to perform at your best.

Who creates this? The leader.

it’s like working with a dear friend, working with someone who cares working with someone who wants to to establish an atmosphere of real enjoyment, whatever the work is.

We know that happiness not only improves well-being to individuals, but also creates an environment where happiness pervades. It will reduce stress and anxiety, and will lead to improved productivity and engagement.

Of course the leader creates this. His or her actions drives a culture where team members WANT to perform at their best, where they WANT to stay in this team, where they WANT to come to work every knowing that despite pressures, happiness will be an underlying driver.

Despite what some managers might think, creating an environment of happiness will increase productivity and engagement.

Leaders can - and should - create an environment of happiness.

As a leader, regardless of your level, and regardless of the number of people you are leading, you are never too important not to connect with the people you are leading – and to make them happy.

Why wouldn’t YOU? (after all, you are a leader.)