301 Ways To Have Fun At Work

Research has shown that when people actually enjoy their jobs they're more creative, more productive, and more committed to doing their job well. Featuring ideas generated by companies around the world that have successfully instilled fun into the workplace, "301 Ways to Have Fun at Work" is a complete resource anyone can use to create a dynamic workplace. Illus.

Offers ideas culled from companies around the world for everything from funny training films to zany employee awards

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work is the most accessible book available on creating a fun work environment. The authors present over 300 real-life examples of what individuals and companies are doing to create an atmosphere of fun in the workplace that can be replicated by anyone who works in any size or type of organization.

People who enjoy their work are more productive, creative and have higher levels of job satisfaction.This guide combines research with hands-on tools for injecting fun into the work environment.

People who have fun at work are more productive, more creative, and like their jobs more. And they stck around longer, too a key competitive advantage in today s tight job market. In short, fun in the workplace goes right to the bottom line. 301 More Ways to Have Fun at Work takes the concept that was so well received in the author s first book, 301 More Ways to Have Fun at Work, and applies it to new areas of business life, showing how to inject an element of fun into: Hiring & Retention Customer Service Leadership Events Sales & Marketing Corporate Culture

Leading-edge organizations have discovered that fun can--and does--translate into bottom line success. By harnessing the power of fun, companies find they can better retain employees and customers, motivate teams, improve productivity, increase innovation, and create a sense of community. Leslie Yerkes details precisely how eleven successful companies--including Southwest Airlines, Pike Place Fish, Isle of Capri Casinos, EmployEase, and Prudential--have integrated fun into the normal course of business. This new edition provides updates on how these same companies have grown, prospered, and continued to thrive--in spite of national tragedies, natural disaster, growing competition, and changing economic conditions--in part because of the culture they have created through what Yerkes calls "The Fun/Work Fusion." Yerkes illustrates eleven principles--from capitalizing on the spontaneous to hiring good people and getting out of their way--that will inspire you to inject a sense of playfulness and joy into your workplace. Full of real-life examples, strategies, ideas, resources, tools, tips, and techniques, Fun Works will help any company in any industry become a place where people love to work.

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