UTAustinX: Happier Employees and Return-On-Investment Course
Happiness at work matters. For example, the happiest 20% of people earn 32% more than the least happy 20%! In this course, youâll learn about things you can do to enhance both your own happiness and the happiness of your coworkers.
Learning Journey Context
This course serves as an entry point into Health, building foundational knowledge before moving on to advanced frameworks or specialized paths.
Relevant for professionals pursuing roles within Health.
Quick Facts
What Youâll Learn
How is career success related to happiness and vice versa? Most of us believe that career success leads to happiness. In fact, however, scientific evidence suggests that the reverse is even more true: happiness leads to career success. For example, one study found that the top 20% of the happiest people earned 32% more salary than least happy 20%.
In this short 4-week course, co-taught by award winning professors Raj Raghunathan (author of âIf youâre so smart, why arenât you happy?â, and instructor for one of âTop 50 MOOCs of all-timeâ) and Marshall Goldsmith (world-famous CEO coach and author of âWhat got you here wonât get you thereâ), you will learn about 5 main topics:
a. Why does happiness at work matter?
b. What are the 5 most important determinants of happiness at work?
c. What is holding me back from feeling happy and fulfilled at work?
d. What can I do to enhance my own happiness levels at work?
e. What can I do to enhance the happiness of my coworkers?
In addition to learning about these topics, your happiness levels will improve significantly and, in the process, youâll be on your way to a more meaningful and successful career.
Outcomes
- You will learn about 5 main topics in this course: .
- a. Why does happiness at work matter? .
- Happiness doesnât just feel good; itâs also useful to be happy. Happier employees are healthier, so they take less sick leave. Happier employees are more collegial, so they perform better in teams. Happier employees are also more creative and objective, so they make better decisions. Put all this together, and itâs no surprise that happier people earn more. .
- b. What are the 5 most important determinants of happiness at work? .
- To be happy at work, itâs important that 5 sets of needs (in short, âBAMBAâ) are fulfilled: .
- i. Basic needs ii. Autonomy iii. Mastery iv. Belonging, and v. Abundance culture .
- c. What is holding you back from feeling happy and fulfilled at work? .
- Youâll discover the answer to this question: Which of the five major determinants am I most lacking at work? .
- d. What can you do to enhance your own happiness at work? .
- You will also get to discover ways in which you can improve your happiness at work .
- e. What can you do to enhance happiness of your coworkers? .
- Finally, you will learn about some creative, simple and effective ways by which you can improve happiness of your coworkers..
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