Work Happiness | Positive Work Culture
Maartje Jansen (Wolff) is not only an enthusiastic speaker but also an advisor, trainer, author, and organizational anthropologist. In her lectures, she combines research and scientific insights from, among others, positive psychology with her own work experience and practical tips.
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Maartje Jansen (Wolff) is not only an enthusiastic speaker but also an advisor, trainer, author, and organizational anthropologist. She has worked for organizations such as Bijenkorf, Aroundtown, Bam Infrastructuur, Lidl, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and trained professionals from Tony’s Chocolonely, Hollands Kroon, Ministry of Defence, and Facilicom to become Work Happiness Experts and Positive Culture Agents.
In her lectures, she combines research and scientific insights from, among others, positive psychology with her own work experience and practical tips. Because insights are great, but without action, nothing happens. She can inspiringly talk about everything related to organizational behavior, culture, and change. Consider topics such as: What is a positive work culture and how do you make it practical? Stress and work happiness are two sides of the same coin! How do you create more job satisfaction and work happiness together? How do you use the power of purpose and storytelling for change? From vision and values to behavior, create a manifesto! How do you make behavior change lasting? How do you get people moving? And Positive Leadership!
At the end of the comfort zone is where the magic starts.
Together with Fennande van der Meulen, she wrote the book The Happy Office Manifesto, the four pillars of a positive work culture. In it, they not only explain what you can do to build a positive work culture but also how to do it. As an individual, team, leader, and organization. The book has the same practical approach that is characteristic of the workshops, lectures, and keynotes that Maartje gives. The book was nominated for Management Book of the Year 2021. The book was also published in English in 2022.
To put the topic of work happiness and a positive work culture on the agenda of as many organizations as possible, to get people to take action themselves, and to create a movement, Fennande and Maartje declared the last week of September as The International Week of Happiness at Work. A do-it-yourself movement that is not only followed in the Netherlands but has now spread to more than sixty countries.
In addition to an academic background in management and communication (she studied Culture Organization and Management at VU and Communication at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences), Maartje completed the Happiness Yield program at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She then took the Team Coach training at the Happy Work Academy and the Chief Happiness Officer training at the Woohoo Academy in Copenhagen. And by the end of 2024, she will complete the College Series on Cultural Change at Nyenrode Business University.
Fresh fruit, smoothies, and a gym pass do not lead to more work enjoyment or a healthier work environment. A safe and positive work culture does. How do you build that? In this interactive lecture, Maartje links science to practice. You will leave with practical tips. Because insight is nice, but action is better.
We often see stress as something negative, but it doesn’t have to be. If you handle it well, it can become a powerful motivator to achieve your goals. In this interactive lecture, you will discover how to increase your resilience and work enjoyment.
Knowing what you contribute and for whom is important for our work enjoyment. And a clear purpose makes your organisation distinctive and ensures that you attract the right people. How you make this practical for yourself, your team, and the organisation is what you will discover in this interactive talk.
Do you think your talents are innate and fixed from birth, or do you think you can learn anything you want? How you think about things, your mindset, says a lot about your development possibilities. Now, it’s not that you should always have a growth mindset about everything, but it does help with learning, changing, and developing. And if you want to change, how long do your good intentions last? Research shows that only 8% of the behaviour we try to change sticks. In this interactive lecture, we will work on mindset and behaviour.
In 2018, Maartje and Fennande declared the last week of September as the week of Work Happiness. The goal was to connect people and organisations worldwide to the theme and start a movement. In this way, making work happiness and a positive work culture discussable. By now, various organisations in more than 50 countries are participating. Maartje is happy to take you through how to successfully create a movement and how you can let people take ownership for results.
The subject of leadership always enjoys much attention, and the styles and trends keep piling up. But what does that actually yield? Research shows that it adds nothing. It is much more effective to focus on behaviour. What can you do as a leader to build a positive work culture in your team? Maartje is happy to take you through it.
Did you know that working on your work happiness also has a biological side? The four pillars of a positive work culture can be directly linked to important happiness hormones. Do you want to know how that works? In this interactive lecture, Maartje will tell you all about it.
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