{"id":11907,"date":"2018-02-02T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=11907"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:57:12","slug":"are-leaders-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/are-leaders-in-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Are leaders in charge?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this short video, Henry Stewart, founder and Chief Happiness Officer at Happy, speaks to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theethword.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Eth Word<\/a>&nbsp;about leadership and encouraging staff to take on more responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s interesting because you can\u2019t force it. You can create an environment to make that possible, and it\u2019s almost waiting for people to step up; and when people step up that\u2019s very exciting. But if you tell them that it is their turn to step up then it doesn\u2019t work,&#8221; says Henry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How could you encourage your staff to take more responsibility in your organisation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other videos in this series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/deliver-great-service-by-creating-a-great-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deliver Great Service by Creating a Great Workplace<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/does-your-organisation-enable-people-to-work-at-their-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Does Your Organisation Enable People to Work at Their Best?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/why-you-should-give-staff-freedom-within-clear-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why You Should Give Staff Freedom Within Clear Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Stewart speaks to the Eth Word about leadership and the concept of being &#8216;in charge&#8217; of Happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t think about being in charge, I think about trying to inspire people here and elsewhere, and enabling them to be their best,&#8221; says Henry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,25],"tags":[],"blog-post-type":[36],"class_list":["post-11907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership","category-the-happy-manifesto","blog-post-type-blog-with-video"],"acf":{"read_or_watch_time":"Watch: 1 min watch","video_url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/v0CXTP-qOdk","transcripts":"<div data-accordion=\"\">\r\n<div class=\"accordion\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\" data-accordion=\"true\" data-label=\"Read the transcript\" data-text=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;I\u2019m Chief Exec, do I feel in charge? I don\u2019t know [about] a lot of stuff that is going on in the organisation. For me that\u2019s an odd phrase. I don\u2019t think about being in charge, I think about trying to inspire people here and elsewhere, and enabling them to be their best.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;It\u2019s interesting because you can\u2019t force it. You can create an environment to make that possible, and it\u2019s almost waiting for people to step up; and when people step up that\u2019s very exciting. But if you tell them that it is their turn to step up then it doesn\u2019t work.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\">\r\n<div class=\"accordion__content accordion__content_show\">\r\n\r\nI\u2019m Chief Exec, do I feel in charge? I don\u2019t know [about] a lot of stuff that is going on in the organisation. For me that\u2019s an odd phrase. 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