Unlocking Happiness at Work: How a Data-driven Happiness Strategy Fuels Purpose, Passion and Performance

WINNER: Independent Press Awards 2018 - Business Motivation Category

Unlocking Happiness at Work takes you on a journey into why and how leaders should become compassionate capitalists and ensure that their teams thrive. This book debunks the myth that happiness at work is a waste of time and demonstrates how it can deliver a more productive and engaged workforce, which can have real impact on the bottom line. Based on two decades of scientific research, real-time data, interviews and case studies, this book proves that happiness fuels higher performance, provides a greater sense of purpose and spreads passion throughout organizations.

With insightful practical guidance throughout, Unlocking Happiness at Work is a lively and persuasive exploration of how to be happier and make others happier through the power of habits, emotional intelligence and an innovative approach to work/life flow. Case studies from lululemon, Zappos, Misfit Inc, The Body Shop and more are supported by tangible data and key performance indicators that show the significant benefits that come from adopting a happiness strategy.

This is an essential resource for leaders who want to increase sustainability, attract new talent, improve their brand and boost profitability - in a way that is life-enhancing for them and their people.

Jennifer Moss is the co-founder of Plasticity Labs, a technology startup that produces software to measure organisational culture, inform leaders of their current and ongoing social/emotional state, and improve employee happiness at work.

Jennifer Moss is a Harvard Business Review and Huffington Post contributor and delivers talks across the world on the subject of happiness and gratitude at work (recent appearances include SXSW, TEDXWomen and the Chatelaine's W100). She was a Finalist in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year in the 11th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business (part of the American Business Awards).

Shawn Achor is a world leading expert on the connection between happiness and success, having made the cover of Harvard Business Review with his research on mindset, and his talks & lectures featured on TED talk and PBS garnering millions in viewership.

Shawn Achor has lectured or worked with over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as NFL, the NBA, the Pentagon, and the White House. He is the author of New York Times best-sellers The Happiness Advantage (2010) and Before Happiness (2013), and has lectured in over 50 countries. He pioneered the Happiness Advantage training, one of the largest and most successful positive psychology corporate training programs in the world, and is research has been published in a top psychology journal.