This episode is part of the Happiness Reset at Work campaign, where Klaudia introduces you to 5 drivers that contribute to building more satisfaction in our careers so that you can reconnect and re-energise with your work in 2025. 

The 1st driver of happiness at work is: Autonomy. Tune in to hear Klaudia share practical hacks to create more autonomy at work, emphasizing the importance of trust in fostering engagement and freedom in your career.

Hello Happiness Seekers. Welcome back to the Happiness Reset at Work campaign, part of the Happiness Challenge Podcast.

Also visit happinesschallenge.co.uk courses to learn more about my new online program to create an action plan for more fulfillment and impact in your work. And in this short episode 134 I share some practical hacks to create more autonomy at work.

If you haven't had the chance yet, listen to episode 133 where I explain explain why autonomy matters to our engagement at work and how it is impacted by the level of trust we have gained from colleagues around us.

And my three actions for you to increase your level of autonomy and freedom at work are the action 1 choose a project or initiative at work that is highly relevant to the business and one that you could apply your strengths to deliver specific outcomes. You can reflect on this by thinking what are my company priorities and problems where my skills would be useful.

The idea here is to lead on a project or initiative that can showcase your skills and so that you can gain the trust of stakeholders that matter to you and therefore to gain more autonomy in the future. Idea for action number two is to increase your transparency, create a way to communicate what are you working on and what is your progress.

The more transparent you are in your work, the easier it is for people to trust you and this could look like a weekly update at the team meeting or a document where colleagues can check the status of the project or task that you are working on. Again, with more trust we gaining more autonomy at work.

And hack number three is about finding a way to share your knowledge, whether through delivering curiosity sessions, mentoring others or creating how to guides.

Sharing your knowledge at work showcases your abilities and again builds others trust in your knowledge and judgment, increasing our level of autonomy. Thank you for listening to the Happiness Reset at work.

I would love you to share this episode with others, especially maybe someone who needs to influence certain stakeholders to step up in the role.

I hope to see at the next episode 135Ask the Expert Where I'll be talking to Sara Langslow, an executive coach who will share her insights on how to build more influence at work. And as always I'LL be truly grateful if you could subscribe to my podcast and newsletter so you don't miss out on any future content.

But thank you again for listening and as always, I dare you to be happy. Bye.