Being Václav

Be human. Be a trusted leader. Be yourself. Be not too serious. Be authentic.

It pays off in the long run. Why am I so certain?

I help leaders build teams people don’t want to leave.And when they do, you’re proud to write the recommendation.

Václav, smiling, in a teal T-shirt in front of an office doorway
  • People oriented
  • Collaborator
  • Results-driven
  • Direct

Václav Kňourek

Culture & Business Advisor

The framework

The Happiness Kit

Six things people need from work to stay and do it well. Keeping all six present, on purpose, is Happiness Management.

Open each one

  1. Purpose

    direction & meaning

    Everyone can say, in one sentence, why this project, here, with these people. Not the mission on the wall: the reason for the work on the desk.

  2. Autonomy

    trusted to act

    People decide in their own lane without checking upward first, and they know exactly where the lane ends.

  3. Recognition

    seen & valued

    Good work gets named out loud by someone other than that person’s manager.

  4. Growth

    room to rise

    Someone on the team is visibly better at something than they were six months ago, and it happened on purpose.

  5. Belonging

    part of something

    The quietest person on the team spoke in the last group conversation.

  6. Wellbeing

    sustainable energy

    The pace is one people can keep. Targets are met and the sick days are not rising to pay for it.

The printed guidebook on a wooden desk, its edge tabbed with coloured markers and its cover covered in handwritten sticky notes, a cup of tea and an open notebook beside it.

Where does all this come from?

The Happiness Management Guidebook

My Executive MBA thesis at VŠE Prague, written as an ethnographic study rather than a survey (grade A). The claim is simple and well documented: happy employees are more engaged, productive and effective. The book is about what that takes in practice inside IT companies: professional empathy, personalised onboarding, multi-layered feedback and leaders who are present. It is now the foundation of Being Václav.

Read the guidebook

Discovery Call

Let’s find out if we’re a good fit.

Grab 20 minutes on my calendar. We can look at what’s holding you or your team back and see if I’m the right person to help you move forward.

Twenty minutes. About as long as a bowl of matcha lasts.

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