'The Psychology of Motivation for Leading and Creating Happy, Productive teams that drive results’ Introducing a basic understanding to the science and psychology of happiness and engagement and the links to motivation, feelings and leading teams - An insight into human behaviour, the mind and happiness - Your role as a leader in creating, happy, engaged teams - Turning on your people before you turn on your computers - creating the right environment and state - How to encourage a happy team and what it means in terms of productivity, engagement and satisfaction levels

1. The Psychology of Motivation.
Leading and Creating Happy, Productive teams that drive results
Stephanie Davies
Behavioral strategist and Director Laughology
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2. Introductions:
Why Laughology?

3. Feelings & motivation
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did but they will not forget
how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou, author, activist, campaigner

4. Happy, successful teams
Success
&
happiness?
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5. What’s the point?
“Happiness in the workplace brings increased
returns to productivity, so human resource
departments, business managers and the
architects of promotion policies want to consider
the implications.“
Professor Andrew Oswald – Economics and behavioural science, University of Warwickshire

6. Creating a connection

7. Every time we have a thought we create a
new neuropathway

8. The psychology of learning &
motivation
N.A = Reward and recognition
(releases serotonin and dopamine)
VTA = (ventral tegmental area:
group of neurons) cognition,
motivation and addiction
(process’s strong emotional output)
Amygdala = Learning through
emotional response (positive
and negative) – creates links to
the basil ganglia
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9. What is happiness?
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11. Laughology for flow, engagement &
happiness

12. Experience
Behaviours
Reputation
happy people
Creating a happy-centre organisation
Happy teams
=
Happy customers
=
bottom line.

13. Laughter and humour
How we look at life?
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14. Case studies
Both our English and Maths results were up by an
amazing 20% on last year, at 71% reaching the
expected level. The school has never achieved
results like this in it’s recent to mid history. You
guys contributed hugely to the children’s and
staff positive attitude, by teaching them that the
power to achieve is all in their mind, they can
learn to channel it, it’s not the preserve of a
‘clever’ few…they can all make it work for them
and succeed. Which indeed they have!
This contributed to a customer satisfaction
level of 4.36
out of 5 in our SIM quantative survey, as well
as falling
levels of complaints.

15. Happiness wins and triggers
• Turn on your people before you turn on your computers
• Focus on small goals
• Collective ideas that include all and hear all
• Make contact to congratulate
• Awards of the week
• Make time for fun and enjoyment
• What’s on your environmental check list
• Notice and know everyone
• Happy hour

16. Get in touch:
Stephanie Davies
Stephanie@laughology.co.uk
General enquiries
Info@laughology.co.uk
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T: 0844 800 1701
W: www.laughology.co.uk
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