We all keep hearing about work-life balance these days and how important it is. It sure sounds important as well but what is it really? Can you really sit down and explain what work-life balance means in theory and practice? It may not be such an easy question after all. Too often you find yourself answering to emails and doing the “small” things in the evenings and still thinking you are all balanced.
Happy employees make for a happy company which results in even happier customers. Understanding your employees and knowing what makes them tick is crucial for the success of any business. Traditionally, companies have been using very laborious annual or bi-annual performance reviews and the resulting HR metrics to handle this. Is it really enough?
Designing the best possible office space is a task many companies put very little effort into. So many offices in the world repeat the same pattern; closed door glass boxes with windows for senior managers with an open space sea of cubicles in the middle - maybe a break room with a coffee machine in the corner.
Are you doing your best to keep your staff happy, motivated and working at their optimum capacity? Turns out that what you do might not have such a big effect on office morale, it could all be down to geography.
The 2015 World Happiness Report ranked Switzerland as the happiest country in the world. Followed closely by Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Canada and Finland.
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