Employee Happiness Index: Importance & Ways to Improve It
Care for your employees in the same way as you care for your family, while working for an organization, under one roof we create and find a family and spend the bulk of our hours. Finding happiness at your workplace is not very tough but simultaneously it is not easy. Being positive and surround yourself with positivity offers you gratification. The happiness index leads to employee engagement and their involvement in multitasking, and this is not limited to only these two but creating a thriving work culture and promoting high performances & effective results.
Why Employee Happiness Matters for Business Growth
The happiness of employees leads to job satisfaction, work-life balance, and ultimately happy customers. Happiness promotion within the organization is the key factor for exponential growth and productivity.
What the World Happiness Report Reveals
So, if we look at The World Happiness Report- 2019 which has focused especially on the environment social, urban, and natural & The report was published on 20 March 2019 by the UN.
Happiest Countries in the World
As per the 2019 Happiness Index, Finland is the happiest country in the world. Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Netherlands hold the next top positions.
7 Key Factors Linked to the Happiness Index
According to researchers of the World Happiness Report, there are 7 key factors that have a very positive and high correlation with the Happiness Index that are GDP of the county, Social Support, Health, freedom to make life choice, generosity & citizens opinion of corruption.
India's Happiness Index Ranking
Thus, if we will have a look on India's happiness index then its ranking is 140 out of 152 countries as of March 2019. Though, the happiness index ranking of its immediate neighbor countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan is higher.
How Employers Can Boost the Happiness Index
So, being an employer, our focus should be to increase the happiness index of our employees and emphasize the culture of assessing employees pleasure. Ultimately, employee happiness boosts productivity, company loyalty & reputation, reduces workplace stress and take a pledge that in this evolutionary era our employees owe extra ounce of happiness!