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Editor’s View
By John Lamb
Perfection is the route to happiness at work
Sutton Coldfield
Chamber of Commerce
Greater Birmingham
Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce
and two months of their life at work it’s probably as well to try to enjoy the experience. At about the same time as the Chamber’s
H Greater Birmingham
Transatlantic Chamber of Commerce
Front cover: James Rigby at SCC’s Tyseley headquarters See page 17
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Council, a group of members who have been elected to inform policy and campaigning priorities, came up with a great idea, we get a survey telling us what makes people happy at work. Our BAR campaign (see page 5) stands for
Business Adaptability and Resilience and is designed to challenge and inform employers about approaches to managing risk and being agile and responsive to change. The main aim of the Chamber’s campaign is to
help local businesses learn from each others’ experiences on managing risk and uncertainty. It is also a huge opportunity to create and grow brand awareness and to showcase themselves as experts in that field. This could all contribute to making people’s
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work experience more enjoyable. And, of course, enjoyment at work comes in many forms. I remember meeting a gentleman who was deliriously happy and proud of being a scaffolder (or “scaffler” as his wife called him). And this was despite the fact that he was out in all weathers making sure that his co-workers were safe above ground. You don’t have to be a hero to take happiness
and pride from what you do. And it appears that completing tasks with no faults brings
appiness and success at work has been an abiding theme for us. And since the average worker spends a total of 13 years
professionals in Birmingham the most joy at work, according to a new survey. A CV-Library study asked 2,000 professionals
what brings them the most satisfaction at work. Respondents in Birmingham cited completing a task with no faults (57.7 per cent), feeling like you’re helping people (42.3 per cent), praise from your manager (32.7 per cent), having your skills tested (30.8 per cent and being given a leading role on a project (17.3 per cent) as their top reasons. The result that the majority of professionals
had most satisfaction from doing a good job is not surprising. And it’s good to know that praise from the boss is up there – perhaps something that is often overlooked. When I worked in newspapers the only way
you knew you were doing a good job was when you weren’t given a rollicking. Not the best way to improve happiness at work. In fact most HR policies extended no further than continuing the floggings until morale improved. Only joking! People surveyed were also asked what
brought them most joy in general. The top answers were spending time with family (67.9 per cent), laughing with friends (61.3 per cent), a text from a loved one (53.8 per cent), having a lie-in (16.8 per cent) and getting paid at the end of a long month (16 per cent). Pay was not mentioned in work satisfaction
and getting paid at the end of the month had a low rating. Which probably goes to prove that money does not buy you happiness – job satisfaction helps.
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