How to make your employees happier at work

Many small business owners become entrepreneurs in their pursuit of happiness. Being their own boss and proving their idea can work is a big source of satisfaction for many of them.

Joan Foley, with over 20 years implementing health and wellness programs in some of the world's biggest companies (Google, LinkedIn, Facebook), knows a lot about what makes business people happy. She has spent a lifetime test-driving conventional wisdom, current scientific studies, and lessons from pop cultures about how to be happier at work and at life.

Here are some of the themes that re-appeared again and again throughout Joan's career.

• Happy employees are more productive. It results in less employee absenteeism, burnout and stress. When employees are happy, they are less preoccupied with themselves, more focused on their work and are willing to take on new challenges.
• Happy employees are better leaders. They become more resilient, less risk adverse and can more easily bounce back from failures.
• Happy employees are more creative. They are less worried about the day to day tasks and can dream of new possibilities.
• Happy employees are better team players. They are more likely to help others and tackle the big issues confronting them at work.

So how do business owners encourage happiness in their employees? If you would like to learn more, sign up to receive a guide written by Joan that her fans has dubbed the 'Wellness Commandments'.