“I highly appreciate Acty’s approach and ability to see the big picture. Even more entrepreneurs than before should see this as a value, because every person is unique and valuable, and our responsibility as an employer is to ensure an environment where their best potential is realized.” Tiina Saar-Veelmaa
Read in the interview what happiness is at work, why it is so important and how Tiina Saar-Veelmaa and Acty collaborate in this area.
What is work?
There are many definitions of happiness at work, perhaps the simplest being: “I feel good at work”. According to conventional wisdom, we experience happiness at work when we want to work, enabling us to engage in other roles, for example playing sports or spending time with family.
Happiness at work mainly depends on three factors. A person must experience fulfillment from a mental, physical and emotional perspective. This entails finding one’s work interesting and conducive to personal development. In addition, one must have good relationships and physical health. Tiina Saar-Veelmaa has been collaborating with Acty for some time and here she says: “I highly value Acty’s approach and ability to see the big picture. Even more entrepreneurs than before should see this as a value, because every person is unique and valuable, and our responsibility as an employer is to ensure an environment where their best potential is realized.”
But, can work make a person happy?
The fact that, according to Gallup, only two out of ten people go to work because they like it, is very important. Most people go to work thinking that they will suffer and at least their taxes will be paid. However, this attitude leads to stress and from there to depression, which is also clearly visible from the fact that it is estimated that approximately 80% of antidepressants are taken in adulthood precisely because of work life.
So how to avoid it?
Thoughts have been raised that the word “work”, which creates chills and negative associations for many, could be replaced by “self-fulfillment”, because if an employee can realize their own potential and aspirations, they are likely to be significantly happier, healthier and, of course, more productive. However, the employee is not the property of the employer, and self-fulfillment also takes place outside of work, which requires the employer to support employees’ other interests. Tiina Saar-Veelmaa adds at this point that the importance of the entrepreneur consciously contributing to this ensures overall success: “if today’s entrepreneur understands very clearly that together we can achieve more, and that realizing and supporting the potential of each person to ensure their happiness at work also aligns with overarching business goals, then I see us moving towards a happier society filled with people who love their work.”
At Acty, we believe in fostering openness, understanding and mutual support, creating a positive and nurturing environment where our work holds significance. Our bossless culture ensures transparency and empowers each individual to take ownership of their own processes. Open working relationships, trust and a working relationship based on partnership are precisely the approaches that we consider values at Acty on a daily basis. All this so that each of us in the team dares to share our thoughts and ideas and thus contribute to the growth of the company as a whole.
Who creates happiness at work?
First of all, happiness at work is created by the employer, because he has greater rights and more power in the work environment. Any employer’s social responsibility starts with asking what an employee needs to be happy. On the other hand, the employee himself is also responsible for this; the company can create a favorable environment and conditions, but the employee himself is responsible for using them.
One part of Acty’s mission is to support the professional and personal growth of its people, bring out their true potential and cultivate values that support tolerance and caring. As our digital strategist Aldar says, “life is a complete entity and it is essential that people see it as such, because if there is tension in some areas of life, it is also transferred to the work environment; the ability to concentrate changes, the ability to realize one’s best.”
In order for a person to be happy at work, all Acty employees have the opportunity to use the service of the happiness-at-work expert Tiina Saar-Veelmaa at the company’s expense.
The blog story is based on Tiina-Saar Veelmaa’s thoughts about the Vikerradio program, which can be listened to in its entirety here:
https://vikerraadio.err.ee/1608569917/vikerhommik-erle-loonurm-ja-toomas-luhats/
