Wasted Manpower and Junk Jobs: Parasites of the Estonian Economy?

by Tiina Saar-Veelmaa, psychologist, work culture designer   I discovered an interesting paradox while developing management tools over the past three years: Most organizations no longer calculate the actual costs of their work force. For example, it’s not known how much it costs to replace one carelessly managed valuable employee who leaves, not to mention […]

Who believes in business fairy tales?

Once upon a time lived a Business. He constantly battled the competition in order to hold the lead. He was proud at the end of the year when he tabulated results and reviewed his successes. The Business had amassed all sorts of assets – buildings, factories, computers, and much more. And there were people. Through […]

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP THAT VALUES TALENT – HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT?

Actual loyalty and dedication is not achieved through counting and tracking working hours, but through supporting people in their development, writes career advisor and psychologist Tiina Saar-Veelmaa. Relying on my 13 years of experience as career advisor, I second to Vilja Kiisler, whose recent article in business paper Äripäev explains the reasons behind the poverty […]

WHY REGULAR WORK TURNS PEOPLE INTO “TURDS”

POSSIBILITY OF LIFE IN CREATIVE SPECIALTIES: Psychologist and workplace happiness expert Tiina Saar-Veelmaa describes how a person’s brain searches for achievements or mammoths killed. Routine work. Fourteen years of studying the concerns and questions about self-realisation has led me to the discovery that intolerance to routine work is associated with brain. Primary task of a […]

HOW TO LOVE THE GENERATION Z?

Apart from similarities, each generation also has their unique “code”, originality, prospects and challenges. I have taught career planning at Rocca al Mare School for over six years and during that time, the young people or more specifically, the vibe of the courses has changed immensely. Future studies however show that it will get even […]

A story of the healing circle and happiness

What happens when a passionate Workplace Happiness Advocate starts working at a company? Such an expert may want to cross development psychology and contemporary career philosophies with the company`s values and operations in order to bring happiness at work to centre stage. The result is a relatively unique HR philosophy.  However let`s start from the […]