Feeling good at work is not only a signal of good functioning but will actually enhance business performance.

The statement was made by Nic Marks, founder of the Centre for Wellbeing, in a speech at the CIPD annual conference (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development). Marks said “positive emotions are particularly important in relationship to several key performance indicators such as job satisfaction, engagement, loyalty and job meaning”.

He claimed that more business bosses needed to realise that happy and engaged employees performed better than others, were more likely to recommend their organisation to others, take less sick leave, and were less likely to quit.

He challenged employers to focus on wellbeing at work by identifying and sharing good practice and by implementing wellbeing audits.