“Imagine a workplace where people are energised and motivated by being in control of the work they do. Imagine they are trusted and given freedom, within clear guidelines, to decide how to achieve their results. Imagine they are able to get the life balance they want. Imagine they are valued according to the work that they do, rather than the number of hours they spend at their desk. Wouldn’t you want to work there?”
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HENRY STEWART HAPPINESS ENTREPRENEUR
Henry Stewart founded Happy Ltd in 1987 and has been the Chief Happiness Officer ever since. Together, the company looks at how leaders can adapt to make a happy and productive workplace, encourages the introduction of four-day work weeks, and provides consultancy on creating trust-based happy workplaces.
In 2009, Henry released the book
Relax: A Happy Business Story, which told the story of a fictionalised stressed-out boss who goes from being unable to switch off, to a manager who finds the work/life balance. His second book,
The Happy Manifesto, was released in 2013. It went on to be shortlisted for the Business Book of the Year.
In 2019, Henry Stewart appeared on the Meaningful Work, Meaningful Life podcast with Francine Beleyi, talking about how to create happy workplaces. Discussions included how to choose a happy organisation to work in, why mistakes build up resilience, why you should treat people the way they want to be treated, how to make happy workplaces the norm, and his own experiences through childhood and how that shaped his worldview as he got older.
Outside of Henry’s work at Happy Ltd., he has worked as the treasurer for Antidote, a charity building emotionally literate school environments, is the co-founder of Local Schools Network, an organisation looking to support local schools, and spent a decade as the Chair of Governors at Stoke Newington School. He is also a keen cyclist, and in 2016 he completed the Haute Route, a seven-day cycle through the Alps, the equivalent of three Tour de France Cols every day.
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HENRY STEWART SPEAKING TOPICS
- Creating a happy workplace
- Avoiding bureaucracy to create a flat structure
- How to be productive and not just busy: 10 tips for being more productive
- How to make the four-day week work
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WHY BOOK HENRY STEWART
- Happy Workplace: Henry will challenge how leaders run a workplace but will leave delegates with specific ideas on building trust and freedom at work.
- Productivity Blitz: Henry will provide 10 tips on how to become more focused, solving your email overload and cutting the time spent in meetings.
- Four-Day Week: Henry will explain how it is possible to get as much done in four days as you would typically in five.
Henry Stewart has spoken to thousands of individuals, leaders and businesses worldwide, including at events such as the Thinkers50 Conference. He has been named on the Guru Radar Thinkers 50 List as one of the most influential business thinkers in the world.
Clients include British Library, Hackney Council, House of Commons, Macmillan Cancer Support, Novartis, UBS.
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To check fees and availability for happiness thinker Henry Stewart, contact Great Business Speakers on 0044 (0)1753 439289
