It’s true what they say: a smile can be heard over the phone. More important, when you’re talking live to your co-workers, a smile can be seen, too! To boost everyone’s productivity, spread your smiles around.

This works through a chain of events: first, smiling is contagious. When someone smiles at you, it’s often hard not to smile back. Second, smiling lifts your mood. Third, happy employees have been shown by study after study to be are more energized, motivated and productive. Oh and they increase profits!

What are you doing to make your team smile?

This hack is part of a series of weekly workplace hacks that teaches you about collaboration, productivity and time saving tips. Published every Wednesday.

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