{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69d60ca52a193257adc683b0/6af1e93079b0333acc718cde?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Happy People Work Harder: The Six Drivers of Workplace Happiness | Lord Mark Price","description":"<p>Does a happier workforce actually perform better? Lord Mark Price, former managing director of Waitrose and founder of WorkL, argues the answer is yes.</p><p><br></p><p>Cathal Quinlan recorded this conversation with Mark on 14 November 2024, a few weeks after his book Happy Economics came out. We are releasing it now because the question at its heart hasn&#39;t gone away: what makes people happy at work, and what can a manager actually do about it?</p><p><br></p><p>Mark sets out the six things that drive happiness at work:</p><ul><li>Reward and recognition</li><li>Information sharing</li><li>Empowerment</li><li>Wellbeing</li><li>A sense of purpose</li><li>Job satisfaction, including career development and the relationship with your line manager</li></ul><p>They also explore:</p><ul><li>Why Mark felt flat on the day he got the promotion he had always wanted</li><li>Why recognition can matter as much as pay, once people feel fairly paid</li><li>Mark&#39;s account of what changed at Waitrose when people were happier at work</li><li>Why the relationship with your line manager matters so much</li><li>When to tackle a problem at work, and when to let it go</li></ul><p>Happy Economics (Kogan Page):</p><p>https://www.koganpage.com/general-business-interest/happy-economics-9781398617360</p><p><br></p><p>WorkL:</p><p>https://workl.com</p><p><br></p><p>Discover more Better at Work conversations:</p><p>https://betteratwork.net</p>","author_name":"Cathal Quinlan"}