Career Book Review: Happiness at Work

July 06, 2010

Career Book Review: Happiness at Work

By Wayne Hurlbert

"The fundamental point of being happy at work is to enable you to achieve your full potential and to make the most of the highs and manage the lows on the way", writes happiness expert, educator, speaker, and Founder and CEO of the Oxford based consultancy iOpener, Jessica Pryce-Jones in her important and research based book Happiness at Work: Maximizing Your Psychological Capital for Success. The author demonstrates, with real world examples, of how employees who are happier at work achieve their highest potential, earn more, are promoted more readily, and are much more productive than unhappy staff members.

Jessica Pryce-Jones recognizes that the very concept of workplace happiness has not been given the study and attention that it so richly deserves. The author undertook an enormous five year study of the concept and implications of happiness at both work and at home. The result of the intensive interviews underlined the critical importance of workplace happiness, and its correlation with a happier personal life. At the same time, the extensive research proved that companies benefit, as do the staff members, of building and maintaining a happier work environment. The author based the book on four principles:

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