When it comes to creating a healthier, higher-performing organization it’s no surprise that culture is the thing that matters most. To be sure, if carefully designed, culture is the difference between success and failure; engagement and alienation; health and sickness; joy and drudgery. But here’s the deal, very few leaders know how to design a culture that actually works in the “next normal”.

Building a great place to work doesn’t have to be complicated; it starts with your employees. Leaders across an organization can learn invaluable skills for understanding employee well-being and how it impacts the culture at work. The research is clear—positive and inclusive environments are performance enhancers. They are characterized by higher productivity, less turnover and more resilient cultures. Organizations with happy employees outperform the competition by as much as 202%. Happy and engaged employees are committed and passionate about the work they do, resulting in higher performance and lower turnover rates. Leaders who know how to cultivate positive emotion tap into an endless well of psychological capital – hope, optimism, confidence, resilience, and belief – that has the power to keep people and teams innovating, creating value and more successful even in tough times.Attend and learn the real, tangible, and actionable steps to building a better workplace culture, using a proven method for culture change.

Devin C. Hughes is the current Founder of Devin C. Hughes inc., a boutique training and development firm created to help established and emerging leaders grow to reach their ideal potential as well as their teams. He currently works with a number of startups and large global organizations setting up best practices for their people strategy specifically around employee engagement and Diversity & Inclusion.A captivating speaker and best-selling author, Devin is considered one of the most influential inspirational speakers in America. He is on the list of the Top 200 thought leaders to follow in 2022. His approach draws from the science of positive psychology, positive organizational research, appreciative inquiry, neuroscience, mindset and mindfulness.
Devin is the author of 19 books and has lectured in more than 15 countries. He lives here in Carlsbad with his wife, four daughters and two rescue dogs.