5 Ways to Make Work Fun Without Wrecking Productivity
1) Atta Girl/Boy Game. Here is a game you can play around the office. Give everyone in the office some pre-printed Atta Girl or Atta Boy stickers or notes. Make these clever and fun. Think smiley faces or stars like you got in elementary school when you did a great job on an assignment. Next, keep your eyes open for those who do good deeds around the office. Encourage everyone to acknowledge someone caught in the act of playing nice by leaving one of these stickers on their desk or office cube or door. The award should be genuine and can be anonymous but you would be surprised to see how much more helpful everyone are as they try to accumulate the most awards each month. Every month you can wipe the slate clean and start over. Everyone will have fun giving and receiving!
2) Laugh of the Day. Appoint someone to be the office comedian, in charge of sharing a laugh for the day. Make it thought provoking or inspirational, but keep it funny. Remember to keep it office pc as well. Set it up to deliver electronically so it is one of the first emails read each morning. Or, post it where everyone will see it when they enter the office. It could even be a voice mail. This daily dose of humor will help get everyone started on the right foot each morning for a day of continued happiness. Humor is also a great stress reliever and who wouldn't want to come to work each day and be greeted by a laugh!
3) Keep it Positive. A fun work environment is far more productive than one that doesn't foster good office vibes. Help keep your office atmosphere upbeat by avoiding the negative. Look for positives and comment on them when you see them. If someone does something helpful, let them and others know. Commend fellow employees when they lend a helping hand or go the extra mile to offer assistance especially when they are not expecting something in return. Stay away from office gossip and do your best to short circuit it if and when you hear it. Be the one with the smile on their face that is always upbeat, even if it kills you!
4) Business Greeting Cards. OK, so maybe you say you don't like birthdays but we all know we like a bit of acknowledgment on our special day. Take the time to remember special days with business greeting cards that help employees as well as clients and business associates know they are in your thoughts. Birthday Cards are great for making people feel special at least once a year. Anniversary Cards can acknowledge their start date or serve to remember the day a big sale was made or new account brought on board. And don't forget the importance of Get Well Cards or Sympathy Cards when the situation calls for one. Greeting Cards show you care and can be kept and displayed, bringing smiles and fond memories to those who receive them.
5) Ring in the News. Whenever there is good news to share, announce it in a fun way. Keep a silver bell handy so that you can ring in the news whenever there is something everyone in the company would be interested in hearing. Ring the bell and gather everyone together so that the news is delivered directly instead of passed down through gossip. Make it brief so that everyone can get back to what they were doing but make it fun and, of course, newsworthy. Everyone likes to hear and applaud good news so don't keep it secret; share it with those who helped to make it happen.
I bet everyone has ideas and suggestions for operating a profitable and fun workplace. Ask for suggestions or set out a comment box. Switch out ideas that aren't working as well as they should and add new ones to keep it interesting. Before long everyone in the office will be looking forward to coming to work each day and the office atmosphere will be one that is all-around happy as well as productive!
Linda Cress Dowdy is an avid greeting card enthusiast and professional author, editor and copywriter. For a great selection of all occasion Greeting Cards visit http://www.CardsDirect.com.
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