Happier at Work

Happier at Work: The Power of Love to Transform the Workplace is a book about our ability to create work cultures where we can thrive.  Too many of our workplaces currently reflect a social system in which fear and suspicion of others too often trumps knowledge and compassion.  This cultural climate of negativity, fear, divisiveness and self-interest has created a lot of pain for a lot of people. This book addresses this pain openly and directly, sharing practices and attitudes that will positively impact your life at work daily.  It is possible to shift your current situation, and discover how open hearts and minds can create workplaces full of engagement, collaboration, creativity and joy.

Why Love? Love is an expansive emotion that opens us up.  When your behavior is inspired by the emotion of love and connection rather than the fear and constriction that often dominates at work, your opened state of minds is more curious, creative, collaborative and compassionate.  We reap an outpouring and sharing of ideas and innovation when we no longer feel shut down or afraid to share our talents.

Today’s workplaces can only thrive if we discover and implement strategies that reduce and manage stress and encourage flexible thinking and open communication, allowing our businesses to prosper in these time of uncertainty, global competition, resource depletion, and an ever-growing knowledge economy.  Companies such as Aetna, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, General Mills, Green Mountain Coffee, SAP. And others have implemented mindfulness programs, and as a result they’re experiencing a happier and healthier workforce that is more focused, less stressed and more productive.  The ways in which mindfulness and love and compassionate engagement can work to improve our lives and livelihood is the next frontier in business practice.  Love is the emotion that opens our hearts and connects us to each other and to the greater good, and it’s what needed to core the dysfunctions of the modern workplace.

This is a book for our times and the future of business – offering clear methods for reducing stress, improving relationships and performance, and even re-wiring the brain!

—Michael Foster Founder and Chairman, Human Capital Institute, and CEO of Id8TE

You are the key to this change.  By applying the simple practices of mindfulness and compassion included in this book, you can change your habits, reactive patterns, and even the way your brain is wired!  Your growing self-awareness will allow you to gain greater emotional intelligence, handle difficult conversations, face and overcome your fears, and learn to relax and experience happiness.  Your increasing personal confidence will make you a better leader and co-worker, and your example can inspire collaboration and communication beyond hope and fear.  You will be motivated by the real-life stories of successful companies that manage through love and joy, helping you to create a compassionate culture where you work.

Click here to listen to audios of selected practices from Happier at Work.