Nonotuck Builds Success by Investing in Employee Happiness
By fostering happiness, Nonotuck is strengthening both its culture and its organizational performance.
Nonotuck Resource Associates was established in 1972 by a group of progressive parents who created community-based living for their children as an alternative to institutional care. Their mission is to provide people with disabilities the opportunity to live authentic lives through the mutuality of respect, love, care and kindness.
Measuring Employee Happiness®
Understanding that employee happiness is pivotal to organizational success, Nonotuck engaged in Amazing Workplace’s Employee Happiness® Conversation, an anonymous survey that uses patent-pending feeling verification technology. This comprehensive approach revealed meaningful insights into how employees truly feel about their work. With 60% participation, results showed that 84% of employees often feel happy or very happy at work—more than double the national average for US workplaces.
The People Advantage
These impressive results demonstrate the strength of Nonotuck’s culture, where people share a commitment to the organization’s values, and each member of the team contributes to an environment where everyone enjoys coming to work. Over 80% of employees who responded report feeling inspired and proud to work at Nonotuck. When employees feel inspired and proud of their work, they bring passion and purpose that elevate the entire workplace culture.
These results are also a testament to how leaders at Nonotuck have focused on developing the conditions to enable employee happiness. Employees report high levels of happiness in areas such as safety and belonging—factors consistently linked to stronger retention, higher productivity, and improved collaboration. By fostering happiness, Nonotuck is strengthening both its culture and its organizational performance.
Action for Impact
Nonotuck sees the Happiness Conversation as a starting point, not a finish line. With insights from the Amazing Workplace platform, they’re strengthening what works best while targeting areas for improvement. The goal, as always, is to give people with disabilities the opportunity to live authentic lives through the mutuality of love, respect, kindness and interdependence.
