The relationship between employee happiness, employee engagement, and employee performance has been clearly established through numerous research studies.
It may sound simple but happy staff are more productive, more engaged in the success of the business and more likely to stay longer term.
With staff retention becoming a bigger issue faced by businesses, being able to maintain a happy workforce is now key.
Why is keeping your staff happy so important;
- Happier employees are more engaged. And engaged employees show increased productivity as well as a far lower rate of absenteeism from work. Absenteeism when calculated can cost businesses massively, both in terms of productivity and financially.
- A healthy work environment matters. A positive work culture encourages employee friendships and improves personal well-being.
- A sense of community at work is important. Feeling that their fellow staff members and managers actually care about them helps employees to be more resilient when facing difficulties and challenges—both at work and in their personal lives. It encourages team working and staff look forward to coming to work and actively want to succeed.
- Happy employees are less stressed. High stress leads to a number of emotional and physiological problems that can result in higher employee absenteeism. Having happy employees means that more of them show up for work, and this in turn, prevents your work culture from depreciating.