Danish business demands respect

At Encounter Psychology Center, employees are required to greet and hug each other at the start and end of the workday. This increases happiness, according to the director.

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When psychologist and director Neela Maria Sris meets her colleagues at work in the morning, she gives them a hug, just as they end the workday by hugging her before they go home.

This is a requirement at Encounter Psychology Center, which is literally written in their employee handbook. According to the director, experience shows that a hug at the workplace increases happiness.

- A hug creates a lot of warmth and an experience of being supported and cared for, as well as showing that there is someone who has your back, says Neela Maria Sris in Aftenshowet.

It is important for her that the hug culture does not catch anyone off guard and potentially new employees are also asked to read through the entire employee handbook before the first job interview.

- So it's up to each individual to notice if it's something they can see themselves in.

Neela Maria Sris expands on more of her points in Monday's Aftenshowet, where you can also hear how Mads Steffensen, Morten Kjeldgaard and Frederik Haun would react to a requirement for hugs at their workplace.

DRTV - Aftenshowet

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