Wellbeing | 3 surprising things bosses do to make employees happy

Employee engagement – it’s a buzz phrase that has swept through leadership literature for the past few years – but what does it really mean?

Essentially, employee engagement covers anything and everything that makes employees better at their jobs. From a leadership perspective, this probably means ensuring that they feel appreciated and valued, providing training, generally giving employees a say in the goings-on within the business and making adequate changes to ensure that there aren’t barriers to success.

In short, a whole myriad of research concluded that if you keep your employees healthy and happy, they’ll care more about their jobs, stay longer and do more quality work whilst under your employment.

Yet, happiness is such a subjective topic. Some employees may feel completely in their element in a company with blaring techno and a fridge stocked with Redbull, whilst others may consider this the antithesis of a bad working environment. Similarly, when looking to show appreciation, a reward of a company car may be life-changing for some, whilst Joe Bloggs who lives opposite the office may find the ramifications of having a company car more of a burden than a blessing.