BUT - If I say that you, as leaders, are responsible for:

• engaging your employees
• supporting their performance
• valuing and enhancing their well-being
• and stimulating their drive

You would probably agree that some or all of these factors are important to employee management. Well, these same elements are primary components of a "happy" workplace.

According to Gallup research:

In world-class organizations approximately 64% of employees are actively engaged, versus 34% at other companies. Can you imagine the results if an additional one-third of your employees demonstrated the highest levels of commitment to the organization, and to their work?

How (and Why) To Develop A Happy Workplace

Once we change our perspective a bit, it becomes clear that a happy workplace is essential to higher productivity and higher profit, and that leaders can actually benefit the bottom line by actively working to create and support a happy work environment.

However, for you skeptics out there, there's more:

Research from Aon Hewitt shows organizations with levels of engagement at 65% or greater continue to outperform the total stock market index and posted total shareholder returns 22% higher than average in 2010.