The latest trend in organized team building is to feel good management. The corresponding title of the position is called “Feel Good Manager” and is still quite unknown until the end. They are employed in startups and other large companies with many employees who not only rely on team building at irregular intervals, but also want to actively shape their employees’ daily work more positively. The job postings for the person who makes a significant contribution to the feel-good factor are rare. Yet they do exist. What exactly does a Feel Good Manager do and what kind of person does such a person with such an unusual title belong to? We asked Stefanie Frenking from Leipzig, Feel Good Manager at Spreadshirt, to take a look behind the scenes.

Viking: How would you describe your position in three sentences?

Stefanie Frenking: I am a cultural representative, networker and go-to person. My tasks are varied and exciting, and people should always be the focus. Feel-good managers are a statement by company management and more than employer branding.

Viking: How did you come to be a feel-good manager?

Stefanie Frenking: I applied in the traditional way for a new, exciting task that started as an experiment for me too.

Viking: What has been your greatest success in your role so far?

Stefanie Frenking: That I am still with us after more than 5 years and that Spreadshirt was heavily involved in shaping this professional profile. You could say we started something that apparently also works in many other companies and has set new accents in the world of work.

Viking: For which companies would you recommend a Feel Good Manager and why?

Stefanie Frenking: It is good for every company to deliberately confront its own culture and actively work on it, and every company should do everything possible to offer its employees a healthy atmosphere in their everyday work. How you distribute these tasks and what you call the whole thing is of course up to you.

Viking: Please tell us your next planned coup for your colleagues.

Stefanie Frenking: Oh, that should be a surprise … But what is currently being planned is an open house with a barbecue party or something on the roof terrace of our headquarters for all colleagues who want to show where they work … whether family, children, roommates, cousins ​​or grandchildren

Viking : What is your favorite office item?

Stefanie Frenking: I actually always have my MacBook with me and love the flexibility it gives me. I can work with it anytime and almost anywhere – comfortably on the sofa or in the sun on our roof terrace.

Viking: How do you switch off after a day at work?

Stefanie Frenking: I come to work by bike and usually the way home is enough to switch off. Our office is in Plagwitz, the old industrial district of Leipzig. Here I either cycle along the canal and past canoes and motorboats or I can treat myself to a delicious piece of cake in one of the hip cafes on Karl-Heine-Straße. Sometimes I go to yoga here in our office or just lie down on the lawn in the park.

Viking: What advice would you give someone who wants to become a feel-good manager?

Stefanie Frenking: Be brave, be open and carry around a case of beer if you have to.