According to research, company culture has a bigger influence on employee well-being than salary and benefits, and leaders who prioritize relationships with their employees and lead from a place of kindness do better. It's important to have positive relationships at work in order to cultivate happiness. According to research from the field of social psychology, there are five core principles that make relationships, personal or professional, thrive: 1) transparency and authenticity, 2) inspiration, 3) emotional intelligence, 4) self-care, and 5) values.
When the second twin tower of the World Trade Center was hit on 9/11, a successful Wall Street quant was in the building. His brush with death was a wakeup call, as he describes in his best-selling book. He questioned his approach to work after focusing on wealth acquisition.