Studies show that positive employees outperform negative employees in terms of productivity, sales, energy levels, turnover rates and health care costs. According to Shawn Achor, Harvard researcher and author of The Happiness Advantage, optimistic sales people outperform their pessimistic counterparts by up to 37%. Doctors with a positive mindset are 50% more accurate when making diagnoses than those who are negative. Some companies aim to boost productivity by investing in their employees' general happiness. Here’s a look at what they’re doing.1. Adobe
Offers employees positive psychology training; onsite cafeterias, fitness facilities and bocce courts; and 80 associations like knitting and book clubs bring employees together based on personal interests.
2. American Express
Encourages flexible schedules like telecommuting, job-sharing and compressed workweeks; employees are offered paid sabbaticals; gay partners receive health benefits.
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Offers onsite childcare and encourages employees to visit children during the day; famously provides free meals and snacks; supplies ping pong tables and videogame stations where employees can break from work.
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Job Category:4. IBM
According to happiness expert Shawn Achor, MIT researchers studied thousands of IBM employees for a year and found the more social they were the better they performed. Each additional e-mail contact added $948 in revenue. IBM since launched a program to facilitate employee introductions to increase overall happiness.
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5. KPMG
Invests in happiness training; allows employees to take partially paid leaves for up to 12 weeks; encourages flexible scheduling and formal mentoring programs.
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6. PepsiCo
At its headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., employees can roam a vast outdoor campus with walking paths and sculptures. Associates were given plots to create organic gardens and can often be found gardening on lunch breaks.
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7. Southwest Airlines
A spirited blog called Nuts About Southwest offers a window into the kooky culture of the company known as LUV on the stock exchange. Executives try to infuse the culture with a "fun-luving" attitude and "warrior spirit."
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8. Starbucks
The laid-back atmosphere and perks, if you will, keep employees happy. Even part-time Starbucks workers receive health benefits. Executives with the company say that it is a very inclusive culture, in which every employee matters.
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9. UBS
Simply to boost morale, a UBS tradition is to serve beer to employees every Friday to help them relax and build relationships with colleagues. Studies show that feeling socially connected aides productivity and lowers turnover rates.
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10. Zappos
Two core values of this online shoe retailer are "create fun and a little weirdness" and "build a positive team and family spirit," with the hope that happy employees will be engaged in their work and drive innovation. Company leaders are so committed to employee fun and satisfaction that when the company was sold to Amazon recently, the CEO gave each employee a Kindle and bonus.
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