SCHOOL-

BASED
IN- SERVICE
TRAINING
March 15-19, 2021
 HOW TO
CREATE A
HAPPY
WORKPLACE
Prepared by:

ALMA L. AÑONUEVO
Teacher III
 7 Ways to Create a Happy and Motivated
Workplace

• Motivate employees through positivity and being a team player.

• Happy employees are 20% more productive.
• Recognition and feeling their work is meaningful is key to
workplace happiness.
• Happiness creates a more enjoyable work environment for
employers and employees.
• Happy employees are productive employees. By taking small
steps to create a happy and motivated work environment, there
are likely to be fewer work-related conflicts, lesser absenteeism
and more productivity.
 What constitutes a happy workplace?

• Essentially, employees want to feel like they

are important to the organization. They want
to be appreciated for hard work. They want to
know that their work is having an impact, and
that they are making progress toward a
common goal.
• Here are seven ways through which you can
create a safe, empowering and positive work
environment.
7 Ways to Create a
Happy and
Motivated
Workplace
1. Appreciate your employees.
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 2. Be flexible
• Running an office with a tight schedule with no breaks may be a
mistake and a factor in making employees miserable.
• It takes guts to promote a flexible standard and the future
demands it. Flexible hours allows employees to have more
control on their work-life balance. It's unfair to expect workers to
perform better if they are unable to give time to their families.
For a careful work-life balance, it is essential to allow workers to
have flexible working hours along mixed with short breaks.
• If the employees are able to maintain a positive work-life balance
and are able to refresh their minds as often as they need, they
will start loving their office and promote towards its growth.
 3. Remember happiness is contagious.
• Happiness is not a solitary experience. What can be the best way
to make everyone happy other than a smile? If the boss is smiling,
and positive, employees will feel relaxed, communicate more,
worry less about making mistakes and ultimately learn more.
• A Harvard study proves that happiness truly is contagious. If you
have a happy friend living within half a mile of you, you are 42%
more likely to be happy. A happy sibling increases your chances of
happiness by 14%.
• When you have a boss with a positive demeanor, the employees
will start helping each other, remain healthy, communicate freely,
engage in more productive talks leading to an improved work
environment.
 4. Promote organization.
• Disorganization exacerbates bad feelings and clutters the mind. It is essential
to remain organized to promote a healthy workplace. Being disorganized
increases stress and decreases productivity, which results in 
lower employee morale. An organized work area promotes a sense of calm
and makes it easier to focus.

• Here are some ways to make it happen:

Provide shelves and drawers for specific items.
Declutter.
Keep the floors dry and clean to prevent falls.
Clean the bathrooms and floors with disinfectants to prevent the spread of
germs.
Maintain essential light levels and sufficient availability of fresh air.
Ask your employees to take care of their workspace.
 5. Be a team player.
• Leading by example makes a great boss. Be there for your employees when they
need you most, which could mean jumping in and getting your hands dirty with
them. This can provide a strong sense of camaraderie and respect. Show your
employees that you are willing to do what you are asking them to do.
• Rewarding your team for their hard work is a great way to raise morale. Have a
strategic reward system in place based on four key areas: accountability,
individual performance, team performance and punctuality.
• Rewards and incentives can have a big impact on morale. A study conducted by
U.K. recruiting firm Genesis Associates found that 85% felt more motivation to
perform their best when incentives are offered. 73% considered the overall
atmosphere to be good or very good when incentives were offered.
Rewards don't have to be monetary, either. Here are some examples:
Give an extra day off.
Throw an office party.
Give them gift cards.
Write them a [handwritten] thank-you note.
 6. Promote a social workplace.
• Offices shouldn't feel stuffy and too serious. The manager should be
responsible for promoting a social workplace where workers are free to talk,
share their opinions and communicate freely.
• It is recommended to hold weekly meetings and discuss positive goal
achievement and good things happening with your team. Motivational
acknowledgment coupled with stats on positive company growth creates a
virtual aura of satisfaction in the minds of the workers making them more
productive.
• Spending time with employees outside the workplace can be beneficial as well.
Getting to know your employees and building friendships can help boost
morale and increase loyalty.
• However, you do have to know where to draw the line. You need to maintain a
sense of authority and the ability to make objective decisions.
• You should also be careful not to favor some employees over others. It's best
to socialize with employees as a group, instead of one on one. If everyone is
invited, no one feels left out.
 7. Pay attention to the physical work
environment.
• The physical environment of the workplace has a surprising
impact on happiness. Nature has the biggest impact of all,
according to a study by Dr. Tina Marie Cade, Associate Professor
of Horticulture at Texas State University, revealed that live
plants or being near a window improved employee happiness.

• The study looked at several aspects of satisfaction, including

overall quality of life and job satisfaction, and more specific
categories including supervision and coworkers. Those with a
window view or live plants reported greater satisfaction in all
categories. Only those without a window view or live plants
stated that they had overall dissatisfaction with their life.
Thank you..