{"id":12700,"date":"2015-03-11T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=12700"},"modified":"2025-03-28T18:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:12:32","slug":"happy-workplaces-the-evidence-for-improved-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/happy-workplaces-the-evidence-for-improved-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Workplaces: The Evidence For Improved Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8216;In God we trust; all others bring data&#8217; &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>W. Edwards Deming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your Finance Director is a fan of W. Edwards Deming and demands to see the evidence for improved performance from happy workplaces, why not show him or her this 90 second video of Henry Stewart at Happy Workplaces 2014:<\/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\">Measurable performance improvement is not just financial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Measurable performance improvement is not just financial, nor is it the sole preserve of the private sector. Here\u2019s Kingston NHS Trust Chief Executive, Kate Grimes, on the difference staff engagement makes to patient outcomes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To borrow from Kate, nearly every measure of performance is improved if you create a happy workplace where staff are fully engaged. So, if you want to improve results, financial or otherwise, then one of the key things to focus on is making sure your people are happy and engaged at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Related blogs:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/happy-staff-are-more-productive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happy Staff are More Productive<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Read about further research on this topic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/the-key-to-being-a-top-performer-being-happy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Key to being a Top Performer? Being Happy<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 This blog discusses how creating a Happy Workplace leads to success.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/9-benefits-of-having-happy-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9 Benefits of Having Happy Employees<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 More reasons for increasing happiness in the workplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating a great place to work is strongly correlated with better financial performance.<\/p>\n<p>Several speakers at Happy Workplaces Conference discussed this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"blog-post-type":[35],"class_list":["post-12700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-happy-manifesto","blog-post-type-blog-with-image"],"acf":{"read_or_watch_time":"Watch: 5 min watch"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Workplaces: The Evidence For Improved Performance - Happy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/happy-workplaces-the-evidence-for-improved-performance\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Workplaces: The Evidence For Improved Performance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Creating a great place to work is strongly correlated with better financial performance. 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