Happy At Work at IKEA - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Happy At Work at IKEA - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog I spotted this sign in the mens room of our local IKEA: For those (unfortunate few, Im sure) of you who dont read Danish, it says: I assume theres an exclusive restaurant for managers only? Erik Edelstein did not make it into IKEAs Management Potential Programme Heh! So if youre the kind of manager who believes it is your god-given right to eat your lunch in a special, exclusive restaurant seperate from the employees, then youre not going to manage at IKEA. Which makes excellent sense for three reasons: 1: Facetime is important for happiness at work Managers must spend time with their employees and lunch may be the best time for it! How else are managers going to know whats going on? And one thing that makes employees happy at work is a manager who has time for you and understands you. 2: Management applicants self-select When IKEA promote their management programme in this gutsy way they are making sure that they weed out applicants with the wrong attitudes from the very beginning. 3: It matches IKEAs brand It also speaks to me as a loyal IKEA customer and it blends perfectly with the principles of democracy and equality that their brand of cheap but well-designed furniture stand for. So: Management development, brand development and happiness at work all in one. Not bad, huh? Previously: BMW brand themselves againt bureaucracy. Im adding management-only restaurants to my list of vampire ideas. 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