Master class "Happiness" - Happiness Academy

We live in a world where more people do not perceive their work as something which they do at all costs. For most of us, work is not performance to the minimum of the responsibilities against which we receive renumeration. Our work is a way of life, an opportunity to develop, an opportunity to help others with our knowledge and skills, a way to be useful.

Not only the significance of our work makes it so important to us, but also the satisfaction, which we get from it. Employers know that a happy employee is loyal, a lot more productive, ready to give the most out of himself to achieve the company's best possible results. Happiness in the workplace is not a bonus but a necessity, for a well-functioning work environment.

If your experience makes you ask yourself questions like: Why happiness is important in business context? How can I be the leader of a happy team? Can anyone be happy at their workplace? What can I do to find the right balance to build the foundations of happy relationships at work? This training is for you!

The training will go through two stages. Raj and the participants will clarify the benefits of being happy and having like-minded people in the team. In the second stage, practical advice and suggestions will be presented on how participants can enhance their own well-being and the well-being of those around them.

Do you know, that:

Happy people are healthier and live longer;
Happy people are better team players;
Happy people are more creative and long-term oriented;
Happy people foster a more positive work-climate, which in turn improves organizational productivity;
Companies with happy employees have more satisfied customers;
Companies with happy employees have a higher return on capital.

The trainer

Dr. Raj Raghunathan studies the impact that people’s judgments and decisions have on their own happiness and fulfillment. Based on his research, he teaches a very successful online course on Coursera on Happiness (named “A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment”). The course has 200,000 students from virtually every country in the world. It is rated with a total score of 4.8 (from a maximum of 5) by 2,500 students and is one of the highest rated academic courses. In addition, the course is ranked as the best MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) for 2015 by the Class-Central.

Raj Raghunathan is the author of “If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?” and a professor at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, where he relies on themes from psychology, behavioral sciences, decision theory and marketing to explain consumption behavior.

Raj’s work has appeared in leading marketing journals, and been cited in several mass media outlets, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Austin American Statesman, The Houston Chronicle, and Self magazine.

09.30 – 10.00	Registration
10.00 – 11.15	Session 1: Why is happiness at work important?
11.15 – 11.45	Coffee break
11.45 – 13.00	Session 2: The five major determinants of happiness at work
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.15	Session 3: Mastery and Belonging at Work
15.15 – 15.45	Coffee break
15.45 – 17.00	Session 4: The importance of organizational culture