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Pete Carroll Explains Why Your Workplace Should Encourage Teamwork

"It's the feeling that everyone brings to the workplace that will bring out their best. They'll work harder," the Seahawks coach says.
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The workplace of the future is one that brings everyone together, says Pete Carroll, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks and co-founder of Win Forever, a consulting business that coaches people how to reach their highest potential. 

In the video above, Carroll explains how office collaboration encourages everyone to be more engaged. You and your coworkers might not be winning a Super Bowl any time soon, but that doesn't mean you can't still be MVPs.

Before You Go

9 Secrets Of A Happy Workplace
Mood And Heart-Rate Trackers(01 of09)
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John Havens, founder of the non-profit organization, The H(app)athon Project suggests using technology to track our health, stress and happiness levels could be the the key. He sites Cardio, which enables you to measure your heart rate using an iPhone camera> He even suggests tapping into Affectiva, an app used by ad agencies to read people’s emotions through their facial expressions. In the same vein, Action For Happiness promotes the Check Your Mood site on its website. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="573f5a0fe4b00e09e89f020b" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="18" data-vars-position-in-unit="20">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21969372@N06/10504106866" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="thentoff" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="573f5a0fe4b00e09e89f020b" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21969372@N06/10504106866" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="19" data-vars-position-in-unit="21">thentoff</a>)
Maternity Benefits(02 of09)
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Google may have been voted America's 'Best Place To Work' four years running but for a while there was a serious happiness deficit among its female employees. When its People Operations team (that's HR to you and me) investigated further they found that women who had recently given birth were leaving at twice Google's average departure rate.In response Google boosted its industry-standard maternity leave plan from 12 weeks paid time off (just seven outside California) to five months of full pay and full benefits. After the new plan was implemented the attrition rate for new mothers halved, dropping down to the average rate for the rest of the firm. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="573f5a0fe4b00e09e89f020b" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="12" data-vars-position-in-unit="14">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52294488@N00/6910571547" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="bokeh burger" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="573f5a0fe4b00e09e89f020b" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52294488@N00/6910571547" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="13" data-vars-position-in-unit="15">bokeh burger</a>)
The 'Flow' State(03 of09)
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You know that feeling when you're so engrossed in what you're doing you're completely oblivous to what's going on around you? Well, according to psychologists, this state is the epitome of true work happiness.According the the Hungarian psychology professor, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and doctoral student at Harvard, Matt Killingsworth, the quality of our mental focus in the moment is the key to happiness while mind-wandering is its nemesis.Csikszentmihalyi found that we are happiest when we enter the 'flow state' - an ecstatic experience of total concentration that requires our complete attention due to its difficulty. (credit:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Flickr" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="573f5a0fe4b00e09e89f020b" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="8" data-vars-position-in-unit="10">Flickr</a>:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38888922@N07/3583093156" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="John Maddin" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="573f5a0fe4b00e09e89f020b" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38888922@N07/3583093156" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="before_you_go_slideshow" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="9" data-vars-position-in-unit="11">John Maddin</a>)
Happiness Surveys(04 of09)
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A programme called TinyPulse allows bosses to gather employee feedback via weekly anonymous surveys and provides a channel through which workers can raise issues and communicate with their bosses. (credit:Buero Monaco via Getty Images)
Employee Ownership(05 of09)
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New research published by the Employee Ownership Association and sponsored by the John Lewis Partnership shows that staff working in employee owned companies (organisations in which all staff have company shares) are happier, healthier and more secure than workers without a stake in their company. (credit:Sam Edwards via Getty Images)
Hypnotism(06 of09)
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Craig A Jackson, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birmingham City University investigates the idea of whether clinical hypnosis could be used in the workplace to improve health and stress of employees.He proffers some fairly weighty arguments in favour of the notion but would you really feel comfortable allowing your boss to do a Deren Brown on you? (credit:Will & Deni Mcintyre via Getty Images)
Employee Control(07 of09)
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The Navy nuclear-powered Navy submarine, the USS Santa Fe had a reputation of having the worst performance, the lowest morale and the lowest retention of all the Navy’s nuclear submarines. There were often delays for launches, and repairs could be repeated multiple times. When a new captain was brought in, one of the first changes he made was to insist that crew members didn't simply follow orders without thinking for themselves. If they thought something was wrong, they were to speak up and not simply following instructions blindly. As a result of his changes, the crew was able to pass an inspection by senior officers no problem. (credit:Getty Images)
The Myers-Briggs(08 of09)
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Used by some companies to assist with recruitment, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions."Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgements sounder, and your life closer to your heart's desire," said founder, Isabel Briggs Myers. (credit:Getty Images)
Simplification(09 of09)
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Jess Lee, the 30-year-old CEO of style e-commerce site, Polyvore, believes simplicity is at the heart of work happiness. In January she implemented a company-wide "simplification month"."To get the company down to its simplest possible state, I asked everyone to make a list of all the work they do, identify what was most impactful, and then cut, optimize or simplify everything else," she says. "In that one month, the product engineering team deleted some of the product features that were less used, we changed some of the ad programs, we simplified some of the communication processes inside the company, we refactored a lot of code and we streamlined our user support processes. "I think we got the company down to a simpler state and people had a clearer mind because their to-do lists were cleaner and simpler." (credit:Getty Images)
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