A note from the boss - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

A note from the boss - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Imagine its your first day in a new job. You sit down at your desk for the first time, and waiting for you there is a note from your new boss. In the note your boss bids you a warm welcome to the company, and then says this: 1: My most important priority is your happiness and productivity at work. If theres anything I can do to make you happier and more efficient tell me right away. This isnt idealism, its good business, because happy people are more productive. 2: I will not burden you with endless rules and regulations. Youre an adult I trust you to use your best judgment. 3: You have my full permission to screw up, as long as you own up to it, apologize to those affected and learn from it. 4: Please tell me when I screw up so I can apologize and learn from it. 5: Please make sure to hunt down people who do great work and praise them for it. I will do this as much as humanly possible, but I cant do it alone. 6: If I get it right occasionally, Id love to hear about it from you, too :o) 7: I will always have time for you. My calendar will never be so full that my next free time to talk to you is three weeks from next Friday. 8: I want to know about you as an employee AND as a human being. I DO care about your private life, about your and your familys health and well-being. 9: Life is more than work. If youre regularly working overtime, youre just making yourself less happy and more stressed. Dont join the cult of overwork its bad for you and the company. 10: I expect you to take responsibility for your own well-being at work. If you can do something today to make yourself, a co-worker or me a little happier at work do it! This post was inspired by Michael Wades post over at ExecuPundit called Note from boss to employees. I liked his tips but I found the tone of them a little defensive. Michaels tips had an undercurrent of business is hard and being a leader is tough but we can slog it out together. I disagree work is great fun (or at least it could and should be). How would you like a note like this from your new boss? Related posts Top 5 business maxims that need to go. Performance reviews are a big fat waste of time. The radical company. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related