Managing for Happiness

Fact: Happy organizations are more productive and more innovative.

Is there something I can do to foster a better company culture? More productivity from my team? More innovation from management? And more happiness for everyone?

Managing for Happiness offers concrete games, tools, and practices for all workers. It addresses many common leadership questions, such as:

• How can we measure performance?
• How can we reward people in a better way?
• How can we replace performance appraisals?
• How can we motivate our teams?
• How can we change the organization's culture?

In modern organizations, people are expected to be servant leaders and systems thinkers, but nobody explains exactly how to do this. Managing for Happiness offers you serious games, innovative tools, and simple practices. You can use them immediately to motivate any team, change the culture, boost productivity, and nurture innovation across your company. Because management is too important to leave to the managers! Everyone deserves to work in a happier organization.

• Preface
  Better Management for Everyone
• Introduction
  What Is Management 3.0?

1. Kudo Box and Kudo Cards
   Motivate People with Better Rewards
2. Personal Maps
   Improve Communication and Understanding
3. Delegation Boards and Delegation Poker
   Empower Workers with Clear Boundaries
4. Value Stories and Culture Books
   Define the Culture by Sharing Stories
5. Exploration Days and Internal Crowdfunding
   Make Time for Exploration and Self-Education
6. Business Guilds and Corporate Huddles
   Share Knowledge, Tools, and Practices
7. Feedback Wraps and Unlimited Vacation
   Learn How to Offer Constructive Feedback
8. Metrics Ecosystem and Scoreboard Index
   Measure Performance the Right Way
9. Merit Money
   Pay People According to Their Merits
10. Moving Motivators
    Discover Real Engagement of Workers
11. Happiness Door
    Aim for a Happier Organization
12. Yay! Questions and Celebration Grids
    Learn from Successes and Failures

• Conclusion
  Never Stop Experimenting

Well, a slightly boring book about management, and what the author calls Management 3.0.

Unfortunately, there is nothing new or even interesting to anyone that have ever worked professionally as a manager a few years. But it is not bad, so it gets an OK rating.