{"id":8562,"date":"2019-05-17T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=8562"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:19:24","slug":"does-your-organisation-enable-people-to-work-at-their-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/does-your-organisation-enable-people-to-work-at-their-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Organisation Enable People to Work at Their Best?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Henry Stewart speaks to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theethword.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Eth Word<\/a>&nbsp;about management and creating freedom within clear guidelines for staff in this short interview, part of a series of videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been to [organisations] where you just sense a kind of difficulty doing stuff,&#8221; says Henry Stewart, Founder and CEO of Happy. &#8220;And you meet great people who are trying to do great stuff, but they have real problems doing it because the structure of the organisation gets in the way, rather than helping.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is your organisation a great place to work &#8211; or does it create extra processes, systems and rules that get in the way of your people doing what they love?<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/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\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/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=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/are-leaders-in-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Leaders in Charge?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henry Stewart speaks to the Eth Word about systems and processes within organisations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been to [organisations] where you just sense a kind of difficulty doing stuff,&#8221; Henry explains. &#8220;And you meet great people who are trying to do great stuff, but they have real problems doing it because the structure of the organisation gets in the way, rather than helping.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8563,"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-8562","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\/YLRPcOPVKqw","transcripts":"Normally you can tell the moment you walk in an organisation, not at the moment you start talking to people, the moment you start interacting, you get a sense of whether this is a place where people love to come to, and feel able to work at their best. 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