Happiness@Work Conference 2018

Studies show that happiness at work is good for employees and for companies' bottom line.
Happy workplaces are more effective, less stressful and have lower absenteeism and employee turnover.

Find out why and come to learn how to achieve true happiness at work.

Happiness@Work 2018 is the 4th annual conference.
The place to meet more than 500 likeminded leaders and HR managers, to connect and
to learn new things from both scientific studies and praxis of successful businesses built around people.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Conference tickets are now available for only 3 000,- CZK ( excl. VAT).
This offer will last only until October 31st.

Tickets for practical workshops are available for 5 900,- CZK (excl. VAT)

Conference, workshops and Expo

Happiness@Work 2018 is a conference with a simple goal:
To help leaders build companies where people will thrive and business will grow.

Program of the event is divided into three days:
Wednesday 14.11. there will be a special "CEO Workshop".
Thursday, November 15, is the main conference day and Happiness Expo.
Friday November 16th will be the workshop day.

The whole conference will be simultaneously translated between czech and english.

Speakers

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D. (AB, summa cum laude, Harvard; PhD, Stanford) is Professor and Vice Chair of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness and The Myths of Happiness, translated in 23 and 16 countries, respectively. Lyubomirsky’s teaching and mentoring of students have been recognized with the Distinguished Research Lecturer Award, Faculty of the Year (twice) and Faculty Mentor of the Year Awards. Her research – on the possibility of lastingly increasing happiness — has been recipient of many honors, including the Templeton Positive Psychology Prize, a Psychology & Philosophy grant, and a Science of Generosity grant. Lyubomirsky lives in Santa Monica, California, with her family.

Jiří Halousek

Jiří is an energetic person. Together with his team, he enjoys building IReSoft as a company that is worth working for.

He always says we can't split our work-life from our personal-life. And that's why he prefers to build a company as a lifestyle, rather than just a regular employment. He want's to let people be part of the decisions about future direction. For a long time now, he doesn't think he is the smartest guy in the company :).

Germán Valencia

Germán is an accomplished senior executive who believes the best way to make organizations successful is through authentic leadership and respect for their people. His passionate approach to leading people and managing technology have improved organizations as diverse as Deutsche Post DHL, Procter & Gamble, BellSouth, Claro and the U.S. Air Force. And, his unique leadership style has earned him a reputation for being the one chosen to manage large-scale organizational transformations.

Today, Germán is inspired by changing what is around him for the better and thrives on being a servant leader, helping people feel that they are part of something important and motivating people to evolve personally. He holds an Advanced Management Program from the IESE Business School. Germán currently lives in the Rhine-Valley of Germany with his family.

Alexander Kjerulf

Alex is the founder of Woohoo inc. and one of the world's leading experts on happiness at work. He has done keynotes and workshops in over 50 countries for clients like IBM, LEGO, IKEA, Microsoft and many others.

Alex is also the author of 4 books including the international bestseller Happy Hour is 9 to 5. His last book is Leading With Happiness.

Petr Pouchlý

Capt'n of design studio, holacracy and gamification evangelist. He blends 13 years of experience from the world of multinational corporations, where he worked as a wageslave of capitalism, with praxis in NGO, where he worked much longer, and leading free company Court of Moravia. He’s taken the best from all perspectives for building of communities, team leadership, and achieving positive change.

Josef Dvořáček

Josef is co-owner and director of SONNENTOR. Company which is an important producer of herbs, teas and spices from ecological agriculture.

There is a lot of inspiration from sustainability and social responsibility in SONNENTOR. If you visit their tourist project Herbs heaven in Čejkovice, south Moravia, you will feel their original company culture.

With his coworkers they picked a company motto: Here grows the joy, to express how they feel about their company. To show their mission is to bring excitement from herbs, teas, spices and the life as such.

Leoš Jiřele

Leoš started his career as a professional volleyball player. Later he joined their family business - co-operative society SOLEA which connect production with handicapped people. He went through all kinds of position and later took leadership role in the business. Especially in last 10 years he has chosen a path of finding balance between freedom and responsibility.

We will be announcing more speakers in upcoming weeks. Stay tuned!

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