The Secret to Building a Healthy & Happy Workplace | Wolter Smit | TEDxBrighton

Wolter passionately discusses the importance of how you hire great staff. But then also asks; what do you do once you have found them? How do you really bring to life company principles like freedom, trust and responsibility? How do you make sure your company is empowering your employees and providing a work environment where they feel cared about?
These are the questions and challenges Wolter has come up against time and time again. This year at TEDxBrighton, Wolter will walk you through his journey and share his secrets to building a happy and healthy workplace.
Wolter Smit is co-founder and CEO of TOPdesk. Wolter is has been widely recognised for his achievements as an entrepreneur and his approach to employee satisfaction.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@vkuse0]

Love it. The first step, after picking the Y kind of people imo, is to build psychological safety as a core culture in the team, where people are not scared to speak their mind or share how they are feeling, in utmost authenticity.

[@MeesTW]

Amazing! I am very motivated to finally launch my company in 2024. I'll be building a team throughout the year, and I'm more than excited to provide them with the healthy workplace I never got.

[@freshencounter]

I love this idea of being real and asking employees to be real when they see performance dropping. Unfortunately, those conversations generally lead to employees being encouraged to leave vs management getting creative.
And, if you’re lucky enough to have a great manager, they will allow you 30-60 days notice so you can be comfortable and not panicked to take the first job to come. Meanwhile, the manager also has time to look around the office, you might train someone, and management now has an extended time for interviewing. Doesn’t that sound so much easier?
I really liked they way he emphasized, “It’s your life. Be happy.”

[@bozuka89USMC]

I like how he basically said sometimes to work a job that make you happy you might make less money

[@whereloveblossoms]

Major challenge his for many people they don't have much choice over what job they like to do! Bills gotta be paid somehow! And it's up to each person and line manager and whole management to Train Inspire and develop better strategies and build a fun progressive positive work place from inside out!

[@talkingwellbeing899]

Where Love Blossoms once they become a part of the organization yes it is vital that these many people work in an environment that creates a want to come in to that organization every single day. But we as a human species do have the luxury of being able to make a choice especially our career path. It starts with the environment we are raised around and the programmings the kids are being taught at an early age. If they are raised to believe they can’t be whoever they want to be and that this is just the way life is then they will act in accordance but if they are told they can then they will act in accordance. We as a human species are naturally creative, resourceful and wholistic. We need to get back to that awareness so that we can create the lives that we want for ourselves and so that we don’t have to end up taking a career path we don’t necessarily want to endeavor

[@はII]

Where Love Blossoms also certain coworkers 😳. How much ever you move away or keep ourselves away or try to be nice , there is no fix still with a few bunch 🙄

[@narandetagenblirtillluft1419]

This was very interesting to hear , thank you

[@DblOSmith]

I can't think of one company I've ever worked for that employed that model. I wish I could find it.

[@ayeshanaveed3071]

@@maverickaidan6817 Scammer 1 spotted!

[@ayeshanaveed3071]

@@guillermoezekiel1395 Scammer 2 backing up for Scammer 1!! -_-

[@Stvn67]

yeah, I AGREE!!

[@avizliran]

Love your talk Walter. You might resonate with mine

[@tyronebrown9130]

What happens if there is an "X" type manager that won't leave because of the amount of money their making?

[@recesswellness]

Great info that more people need to hear! (and understand)

[@jamimack4815]

You can have both at work!

[@azzahraross9409]

His make a good argument, his know what his to do , and after i watch this i already know what i will do at my workplace.

[@mercylopez8171]

This is just superb, I have been researching "does law of attraction really work?" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Ever heard of - Renackson Rudimentary Recognition - (do a google search ) ? It is a smashing exclusive guide for discovering how to use your mind to manifest amazing success in life without the headache. Ive heard some decent things about it and my m8 got great results with it.

[@creativeconflictsolutions8704]

So true!!

[@gdc1989]

In the corporate world you may (and likely will) find yourself being subject to X type senior leaders and that greatly hinders a team lead's ability to create a Y type team.

[@xiangzhang7706]

the video really touched me a lot, i quit a job I god damn like it but pay a little bit less than the new one. Truly regret the decision I made. 😀

[@designerme777]

Truth!

[@meilee252]

How about a Y person in a company suddenly turned to be a X person because of the working environment, is there a remedy for this person to be a Y person again? (the working environment is full of X person and full of gossip, crab mentality and loves to slander people who they think are their competition)

[@Tizonwar8]

Idealistic

[@casiesilverman]

It's difficult to give them freedom sometimes. :/

[@WesleyZ3]

4:10

[@muzaffarbarry2273]

I'm Y

[@functionalcontractions1469]

🔥🏋🏻‍♂️🔥

[@pablosmitty4024]

This gimmicky management style has all but been abandoned. As it turns out, people generally choose to work less when they’re allowed to.

[@emmie1176]

Dutchieeee

[@v.dargain1678]

Clogs

[@Stvn67]

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 video very good,!! helpful