Power of Happiness in Leadership

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“The Power of Happiness in Leadership” Maura Sweeney – Presenter, USA Leaders & Those Who Lead and Execute: What’s the Difference? Dubrovnik, Croatia 2015

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“The Power of Happiness in Leadership”Maura Sweeney – Presenter, USA

Leaders & Those Who Lead and Execute: What’s the Difference?

Dubrovnik, Croatia 2015

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What are your Values?Profit

TechnologyMarket ShareProductivity

Power/Knowledge

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The Center of Influence is You

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Use Your Mind & Imagination to Create Something Better

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Perception: What do you “see”?

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What Lens are You Choosing?

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The Happiness Value

Harvard University Study“Happiness”

adds up to a 50% advantage

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Harmonizing Work & Words

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United’s “Friendly Skies”Delta’s “Velvet Touch”Tech Data’s “Monkeys”

Hospitality’s “Hospital IV’s”

“Un-Happy” Work Examples

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Shifts in the AirMidlifers – rethinking old values

Millennials - careers with meaningArianna Huffington’s Third Metric -

“Defining Success Beyond Money & Power”

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Leading by Influence = Transformation

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Influencing from Above

From angry employee incident to new leadership atmosphere

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Influencing from Below

V.P. of Sales adjusts a potentially disastrous

decision

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Influencing AbroadTraveling Corporate Trainer

notices, remarks and wants to learn a different leadership model

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Personal & Personnel Wealth

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Unlocking Wealth in Self & Others

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Tips & Tricks

Turn Negative Consequences into Positive Incentives

-Free Friday afternoons-Group Incentives & Parties

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Tips & Tricks

Create less stressful, more productive scenarios

- Eliminate what you can- Telecommuting

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Tips & Tricks

Invite collaboration, creative suggestions and new ideas

“over coffee”

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Tips & Tricks

Develop, promote and “celebrate” entire staff

- Ed Sullivan Show of Experts

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Tips & Tricks

Create a Happiness CulturePay attention to the “feel” factor

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Unlock Code #1

Know, communicate and regularly enforce your culture

Concentrate on consistency v. hypocrisy

- Everyone from receptionist to CEO valued

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Unlock Code #2

Start with the first interviewConsistently demonstrate what you want to

convey- admin, etiquette, employee input

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Unlock Code #3

Address behavior, not the person

- Correction without “dis-spiriting” - I want to see you succeed

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Unlock Code #4

Develop an atmosphere of Trust and Loyalty

- Internal sabotage - Admit to errors

- “Thanks for allowing me to make mistakes and grow.”

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Unlock Code #5

Determine the Negotiables- Create with what’s within your purview to adjust,

experiment and play with

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Re-train Your Brain - Every challenge provides an opportunity

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The Elephant in the Room

“How do I feel?”(Happiness Value v. Gravity)

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Add the Happiness Factor

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Art of Happiness Books

Comfort Zones Influence Judgment Values Competition Nonsense

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