Three Cases for Building Eudaimonic Organizations
MORAL FOUNDATION Fundamental enablers of employees being treated with dignity and fairness. The Reality One in three workers around the world do not earn a living wage. In Canada, 50% of nonprofit workers suffer from food insecurity—they can’t afford groceries despite doing deeply meaningful work. Teachers, nurses, international aid workers, and countless others doing eudaimonic […]
6 Lessons on Turning Failure Into Fuel for Flourishing
What if failure wasn’t the end of the road, but the very fuel that powers resilience, growth, and flourishing? That’s what I discovered in my conversation with Dr. Tenzin Dadul His story is a most remarkable journey of resilience, service, and flourishing. Tenzin was born in a Tibetan refugee settlement. He was once expelled from […]
Why Your Small/Medium Business Is Actually Your Secret Weapon (And How to Use It)
What if small and medium businesses stopped trying to play the big guys’ game, and started winning on their own terms? That’s the question I posed to my friend and former McKinsey colleague, Sri Kaza, when he joined me on the Happiness Squad podcast. Sri is an entrepreneur, investor, and the author of Unconvention: A […]
From Fear to Flourishing: The Leadership Shift That Changes Everything
I’ve seen it countless times: people walk into a meeting and immediately brace themselves. They’re too afraid to voice what they really feel. They hold back an idea because they worry someone will shoot it down. Or they look across the table at a senior leader and think, “It’s safer to stay quiet.” What many […]
Empowerment as the Engine of Transformation: 4 Interventions for Thriving Organizations
The pace of change today is nothing short of exponential. Markets shift overnight. AI is reshaping work in real time. Global uncertainty has become the norm. Rigid, centralized structures simply can’t keep up. If organizations are to thrive in this environment, we need to push decision-making to the edges—where people have meaning, skills, trust, and […]
The Courage to Change: Building Workplaces Where People Thrive
Why We Need a New Kind of Leadership Everywhere I go, leaders tell me the same thing: “Our people are exhausted. Engagement is slipping. We’ve tried programs, surveys, and perks, but nothing seems to stick.” The data echoes their frustration. Only 20% of employees are thriving at work. Nearly 60% report daily stress. We are […]
Re-Engaging Middle Managers: A Flourishing Approach
A recent Wall Street Journal article outlines a global crisis: only 27% of managers reported feeling engaged in 2024-a steep 3-point drop from the year before. Young and female managers suffered even more severe declines. This erosion reflects high workloads, hybrid team complexity, digital transformation, and chronic lack of leadership training and mentoring (The Wall […]
AI Is Disrupting Entry-Level Jobs. Inner Development Is the Edge Students Need
The recent Wall Street Journal article, “AI Is Wrecking an Already Fragile Job Market for College Graduates,” highlights a sobering reality: the traditional entry into the workforce is vanishing. Just 7% of new hires in 2024 were recent grads, down from 11% in 2022. AI isn’t just automating tasks-it’s eating away at the very roles […]
Unlocking Human Potential: How Leaders Can Turn Talent into a Productivity Engine
When I think back over my own career, I’ve seen brilliant strategies stall, not because the ideas were bad, but because the human engine of the organization was never tuned to run at full its full potential. In my recent conversation with Stacey Dietsch, EVP of Talent at Liberty Mutual and former McKinsey Partner, we […]
5-Step Blueprint for Launching a Company-Wide Wellbeing Strategy
Wellbeing Isn’t a Benefit. It’s Your Strategy. Julie Russ-Bodenmann, former Global Head of Wellbeing for UBS and Credit Suisse, built a global solution to address wellbeing and helped 120,000 employees thrive through the transformation and merging of these major banks without a big team or budget. Most organizations still treat employee wellbeing as a “nice […]
