Happiness 1st Institute provides training programs for individuals, families, and companies teaching stress management, EQ, and other soft skills that make life better. The benefits of increased happiness include increased
intelligence, creativity, emotional intelligence, resilience
and improved health, relationships and well-being. At Happiness 1st Institute we know how to teach individuals
to
increase their level of happiness with tools and techniques
that make the increased level of happiness easily sustainable. Many businesses have been using well-known methods to obtain
a competitive advantage. New scientific breakthroughs are
changing the definition of the best way to gain competitive
advantage. At Happiness 1st we use information supported
by recent scientific studies to help businesses gain a competitive
advantage by developing the most valuable resources that they
already have – their employees. Our methods will increase
productivity, sales, engagement, and retention while reducing
health care costs, absenteeism and turnover. This can be done
with a minimal investment of time and resources, yet the
returns are fantastic. This has been shown over and over again
in businesses ranging from insurance sales to high tech
engineering to law enforcement. The theory of developing
employees’ strengths toward a culture of hope, confidence,
resilience, optimism and happiness makes sense, and the
benefits have been proven by scientific research. This is not a program that requires managers to offer
compliments and be the motivator of employees. Increased happiness in employees
confers great benefits on the employer. When an employee
begins feeling happier the employee is self-motivated to continue
practicing the skills we teach because it feels good. These skills
work for anyone willing to do the work. Pessimists can learn to
have a more optimistic outlook. Plato said it best in The Republic when he wrote, "Necessity is
the mother of invention." During these challenging economic
times, employers are seeking alternative solutions to control
rising health care costs in order to maintain market share and
profitability while continuing to provide benefits their employees
rely upon. According to the National Coalition on Health Care,
employee health care costs are rising at a rate of 6.9 percent
annually, which is two times the rate of inflation. Health care
spending in the United States represents 17 percent of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), and the average cost of care for each
person in the United States is around $7,900 per person. Much of the burden for covering the cost of care for employees
falls upon employers. In 2008, the annual premium for an
employer health care plan covering a family of four was $12,700. This was the first year that the annual employee health care
premiums surpassed the gross pay of full-time, minimum wage
workers at $10,712. Other more inventive employers are actively looking for alternative
ways to reduce health care costs through a variety of cost cutting
methods. Corporate wellness programs are quickly becoming the
solution of choice with an average return of $3 for every $1 spent. There are many reasons employers choose to offer employee
wellness programs. While the return on dollar spent is an average
of $3 the programs are not as effective as they could be. New scientific findings are causing a paradigm shift that feels as
big as the shift from believing the Earth was flat to round. These
findings are neon signs pointing to a fairly simple strategy that is
scientifically proven to work and achieve the goals hoped for from
a corporate wellness program. What is this shift? Increased happiness causes:
Improvements in health including fewer illnesses, less severe
illnesses when there is illness, and quicker recovery.
• Significant reductions in absenteeism
• Significant reductions in turnover
• Increased productivity
• Increased clarity of thinking
• Increased ability to make good decisions and good
evaluations of
facts
The same employee is literally more intelligent and more creative
when they are happier. The same employee is healthier when they are happier. The same employee has better relationships with others when they
are happier. Think about how good it would feel to come to work every day and
feel good yourself and work with others who feel good. Staying in
such an environment would be very attractive to employees. We love sharing with businesses, organizations, governments,
veterans and individuals information about the scientific studies
that show that every goal of corporate wellness programs (and
then some) is addressed beautifully by increasing the happiness
level of employees and that there are proven methods of not only
increasing employee happiness levels but sustaining them. Please visit our website more information on the science behind
happiness and how to enroll in our classes.
