| Humor at Work |
ISSUE 662 - Jan. 18, 2016 |
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Company-Wide To-Do Lists |
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One key to a more successful and inspiring workplace culture is open communication. Motek, a warehouse management software company based in California, has been honored with an official Employer of Choice award largely because of its open communication policies. One way they have done this is with a company-wide to-do list. It's a list of all the
on-going projects that all employees have access to. The list is even shared with customers and suppliers, who regularly offer to help with items on the list (now that's a creative way to knock off your to-do list).
The list keeps employees informed about everyone's work and company priorities. Some companies use company-wide to-do lists as a way to encourage employees who, for whatever reason, are finished their work early or have a gap in their day, to dive into something that needs doing. Some have incentives tied to the to-do list that encourages employees to tackle the items whenever they are able. A company-wide to-do list also serves as a matchmaking device by allowing employees to choose
the tasks they prefer or feel best suited to tackle.
And if you have children or a lazy spouse at home, a shared to-do list works there as well, if for no other reason to remind the children (or lazy spouse) of everything that needs doing around the house on an on-going basis!
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Mike's Fun at Work Tip |
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I overheard this idea from a meeting attendee at a conference I recently keynoted at (thank you anonymous TD Bank employee): A simple but fun way to honor and recognize an employee in your workplace is to have everyone wear that employee's favorite color for a day as a very visible and unifying way to honor that employee.
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Quote of the Week |
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“If you can neither accept it nor change it, try to laugh at it.” Ashleigh Brilliant
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It's a Wacky World: Keep Smiling! |
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Employees at the Keihen Electric Express Railway in Japan are required to smile daily into what's been dubbed the "smile police" software program. The program analyzes everyone's smile on a scale of 1-100 and provides printed feedback on how they can improve their smile, such as, "Lift up the corners of your mouth more" or "You still look too serious." The intent of the program is to inspire employees to smile all day, although somehow I
have a feeling it might have the opposite effect.
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