Original and innovative approaches to workplace engagement and happiness

• Developing links outside your sector that allow people to develop skills.
• Creating community connections to NGOs and using skills to share best practice.
• Putting on charitable events where people can raise money by getting out their comfort zone; e.g stand–up comedy event, Strictly event or similar
• Inviting new team members to attend board meetings where they can ask questions and challenge.
• Sharing leadership team mistakes in a positive way and discussing how to learn from them. Creating Vlogs on a collaborate space to share these.

• Peer-to-peer support programmes across all levels
• Mentoring across all levels, both up and down
• Virtual huddles and fuddles (fun huddles) once a week
• Worker of the Week awards for fun things and kind acts
• Random acts of Kindness Day

• Leaders knowing names and using creative ways to recognise and reward
• Encourage lunch breaks away from desks and have ways to do this
• Encourage face-to-face communication through switch-off times
• Holiday time is seen as strictly holiday time
• Working with suppliers means caring about how they are paid

• Working with a variety of suppliers from small businesses and individuals
• Creative recruitment drives to encourage diversity in recruitment process
• Having talking groups for LGBT and celebrating individuals
• Leaders standing up and talking about their experiences of mental illness and other important vulnerabilities and diversitie