Articles- Making Work Fun for Increased Productivity, Profitability,and Morale, by Robin Thompson


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By: Robin Thompson, MS/TRS

Making Work Fun
Why should it be fun?

Celebrating all birthdays once a month, having holiday parties and company picnics are commonly considered a company's traditional efforts to have fun in the workplace. These efforts are a good start and should be continued. But keep in mind that we ask our employees to go the extra mile with our clients. Therefore, we must do the same for our employees. The reverberations of the staffs efforts can result in incredibly satisfied customers.

How can you begin to put fun into your work environment?

No one will be required to wear red noses, funny glasses, tell tasteless jokes or exchange massages. Solicit ideas and volunteers to coordinate the fun events. Participation leads to buy-in. Employees will be free to chose when and how to participate. It is natural that the more committed the management and staff becomes the more people who will join in the fun.

What is your CEO's biggest challenge? Profitability. How could you increase profitability? Marketing to potential clients and retaining the existing clients. An incentive for employees to gain enthusiasm about marketing is to set an attainable goal — for example, a team making 50 marketing calls by the end of week. If the goal is met by Friday afternoon, arrange a park excursion for celebrating with the team — play badminton, chip golf shots, or set up a frisbee golf course. The CEO has little to lose and everything to gain. Fun is a great incentive to encourage friendly competition and encourage extraordinary results

Try this fun activity.

Put your current work environment into perspective by "drawing it." Everyone on the team creates a drawing, with crayons, of how they "see" their job. After the drawing is complete, a list is made of ten things they like about their job. Then they make a wish list — what they would change about their job to make it better. Share the drawings in a supportive group setting. A trained facilitator who can process the information and establish a plan to make some changes may be another positive step to making fun of work.

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	Robin Thompson is a professional speaker, trainer, and the author oF "Know Stress to No Stress". She works with organizations that want to keep good employees and with meeting planners who want to put some fun into their next meeting or event. For more information she can be contacted via e-mail: speaker@RobinThompson.com phone: (304) 763-3222