Keep it Positive in the Workplace, Brandi Advises

5. Create connection to people and purpose — a “cause.” There are three phases to happiness, Brandi noted: pleasure, engagement and meaning. Meaning is connected to something, because it gets people attached to the cause.

6. Shift from “power over” to “power with.” The old “my way or the highway” attitude among managers still exists in some form at many companies, she pointed out. “Believe in employees’ brilliance,” she advised. “Everybody teaches, everybody learns. Master the art of letting go.”