Real happiness at work?

The majority of us will work for around 40 years, meaning being happy with our jobs and workplace is essential for confidence, positive mindsets and high levels of productivity. It will become very tiring doing something you don't enjoy day in and day out for all that time.

When we ask what makes you happy at work the vast majority of people say the people they work with. One of the greatest blockers we see is the need to look and act “professional”.  This mask creates distance, formality and hierarchy. Again and again, we see people remove the mask, and be themselves, and promotion follows.

If you change the way that you are and communicate when at work, compared to when you are out of work, then you are reducing your realness, these behaviours reduce collaboration and connection between teams and can make individuals feel out of the loop, isolated and lonely.

Is the key to connecting and having useful and real communication at work, actually about just being yourself?

Here are our top tips for bringing the non-work you into work, and upping your friendly factor:

1. Remember that our colleagues are real people, more than their job role. 

2. Talk openly and normally, just like you would at home. 

3. When you need to achieve something, use an approach like you are asking a friend.

4. Be informal, don't conform to the professional standard you think a workplace should be. 

5. Don't be afraid to ask for help more than once a day. 

6. Make sure to help others if they need it, don't be hesitant to spare 10 minutes of your day. 

7. Book and prioritise regular time for your team to bond. 

8. Boost your level of interaction, don't be afraid to step away from your work for 5 minutes to speak to a colleague about non-work topics. 

How can we help?

At Maguire Training, not only do we offer classroom-based courses and programmes, but we are also proud to offer a versatile and intuitive suite of over 190 eLearning modules on our website, which covers a range of topics. Including our Bringing Your Authentic Self to Work Online Training Course, where delegates experienced and new will learn the important skills of bringing the real you to work every day. 

Contact us

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to get in contact with us:

Phone:  0333 5777 144

Email:  info@maguiretraining.co.uk

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