18.14 More joy at work directly enhances performance

When Rebecca suggested we discuss joy I didn't grasp the power this has as a motivating, performance enhancing force.

There is nothing abstract within this brief overview, it's about how as defined by Brene Brown, joy is very different to happiness, and that an absence of both so often leads to underperforming, clock-watching workplaces.

The ability to prompt more joy within a team, to make happiness more likely is I now see, a key leadership skill, probably too often overlooked because the direct impact on productivity is rarely realised.

I got a lot of insight from this, and I hope you do too.