Newsletter For Humanity: Marcel Schwantes Research Reveals the Key to Happier Employees

How can we create better environments for our leaders, partners and our clients and customers in the communities in which serve?

I came across this amazing newsletter from Marcel Schwantes and what he has found out from some research that reveals the Key to Happier Employees.

So let's a look a this together and see what we can come up with in how we create better environments and maybe even better outcomes for everyone in business and beyond business today ????????????

From Marcel Schwantes ????????????

For so many, slogging through work and taking commands from bosses from hell in distrusting environments seems almost ludicrous. But it happens to workers everywhere.

However, the evidence asserts a better way of leading in boss-worker relations. It's been found that employees who think of their bosses?as "partners"?are significantly happier?than those who think of them as merely "bosses."

Bosses as partners? It may not be your own reality but?don't laugh just yet. Science has backed this idea in a 2018 paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research .

The Happiness Boost

Millions of responses pooled over a period of several years revealed that?the happiness boost workers experienced in partner-boss relationships (especially for mid-lifers juggling the demands of professional and family life) was?"equivalent to the increased satisfaction that comes from more than doubling your household income."

Who's laughing now?

According to The Washington Post , which?first covered this study, "people with boss-supervisors exhibit a much more significant drop in life satisfaction between their early 20s and mid-40s" as opposed to people working with partner-bosses.

Both groups, however, experience a significant increase in life satisfaction as they progress beyond their 40s. (see graph below)

This suggests that to counteract the dip in happiness often seen in employees and colleagues in their 30s and 40s, adopting a partner style of management could be the solution.

But still, it's understandable if your cynicism is quick to judge this a?bucket of crock. Our worldview of corporate bosses and our own unfortunate daily experiences hold true that most bosses aren't fit to inspire and lead other human beings as partners to achieve results.

The Traits of Partner-Bosses

It will require?drastically shifting that worldview,?both for employees aspiring to find better and healthier work environments and for bosses reimagining?a new way of leading. To do so, we have to study the evidence to help us determine an accurate baseline for modeling the behaviors of "partner-bosses" we want to replicate inside our organizations. Then, managers must learn, model, and practice the behaviors to create high performance (something that I address in my top-rated servant leadership course ).

Here are three examples of the partner principles I have coached and taught to managers and executives over the past 20 years.

1. They put their people first.

It's been found numerous times that excellent?customer experiences rely?entirely on excellent employee experiences because it's the employee?who makes or breaks the customer connection. Partner-bosses understand this and see extreme value in their workers; they'll pour?into their career growth and development and remove obstacles from their path so they can perform at a high level.

2. They connect with their people.

A big mistake someone new to a leadership role can make is to enjoy all the perks and privileges that come with being in?a leadership role?but slowly distance themselves?from the team to avoid any friction or meaningful involvement. This is what studies call "absentee leadership," and the research indicates that it's the most common form of incompetent leadership. Partner-bosses, on the other hand, connect with their people by seeking their input, sharing leadership decisions, and caring for their physical and emotional wellbeing.

3. They strive to improve people's lives.

Plenty of evidence suggests that the best leaders?serve the needs of employees before their own, which?has been shown to improve?performance and?lead?to business outcomes.?And partner-bosses are no different. They understand?that their role is to make?those around them?better so the whole organization thrives. Every day, they think about the answer to one very powerful question:

What am I doing today?to improve the life of one of my employees?

We would like to hear from you all. What do you think about what?about what Marcel Schwantes have shared with us here today?

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