Encore 3 Steps to Make Your Employees Happier

July 4, 2024
Hosted by Monique Daigneault

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Episode Description

Since Richard was 16 he's been fascinated with the concept of happiness, first his own and then how he could make others happy. His personal journey took him around the world before settling in Gran Canaria in 2001. While still struggling to find the "secrets" of happiness, in 2014 he read 2 books: Start with Why and Let My People Go Surfing. And he realized what fulfilled him was helping others and making them happy. So in 2014 he set up a company whose main KPI was team and client happiness. He had a theory ... if he built a company where team and client well being was the priority then collaboration, innovation, etc would naturally happen and success would consequently follow. The problem was, in retrospect, he had no idea how to make his team happy. So, over the last 10 years he's studied the science of happiness in the workplace and applied it in his own company. He's learned that free breakfasts and gym membership aren't as important as feeling safe to share ideas and have a purpose. He's learned about ownership and community and the importance of feeling you can grow. In 2022, with revenue near 2m and a team of almost 50, he handed over the role of CEO so he could spend more time with his family and share the knowledge he's learned with the rest of the world. Now he teaches leaders how to make their teams happier. He shows companies what makes people happy at work, how to measure it and what they need to do. If you are looking for ways to reduce staff turnover, attract better talent, improve collaboration, performance and innovation, you won't want to miss this episode and Richard's framework that can truly make a difference.

Leading with Intention

Thursday at 9AM Pacific on VoiceAmerica Business Channel

Challenges in the workplace and within teams is only increasing as companies struggle to transition to a post-COVID 19 remote work situation. These unstable times have stretched companies and their leaders beyond their capacity, and they do not know how to maintain a balance of authority, empathy, compassion, and assertiveness toward their coworkers, much less continue their own career trajectory. Leading with Intention offers support, encouragement, and tools to help corporate leaders address their personal shortcomings and emerge from these unprecedented times as well-rounded, self-assured leaders. The show focuses on execution - helping leaders learn how to improve soft skills, leadership competencies, and work-life balance. Most importantly, how to ensure that their organization is in alignment from the top down, including leaders and their direct reports.

Monique Daigneault

Monique Daigneault is the President and CEO of MD Consulting. She has been a trained executive coach since 2003 and, as an Accredited Master Coach, has logged over 3,000 coaching hours with corporate executives on six continents, in over 15 industries. Monique helps clients set goals, pinpoint the root cause of business problems, explore solutions, address workplace dysfunction, and implement sustainable and measurable changes. She helps clients unpack how their conscious and unconscious behavior impacts their leadership abilities. The outcome of her process gives them more acute insights about their workplace relationships and the ability to drive bigger change throughout the organization. By engaging in her proprietary process, Monique’s clients also build business agility, resilience, and influence. Monique is a survivor of childhood trauma, workplace micro-trauma, and has Complex PTSD. Despite that she has achieved seven business certifications, an Associate and Bachelor of Science in Management, and a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is a contributing author of two self-published books, as well as the author of her newest leadership book which she is currently pitching to publishers. Monique has leveraged her traumatic past and made it her mission to shift behavior in the workplace and empower leaders to be more impactful and influential.

Episode Directory

July 2024

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