| Humor at Work |
ISSUE 674 - Apr. 12, 2017 |
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WTF? April is Humor Month! |
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WTF? "Where's the FUN?!" April is official Humor Month, so here are 8 things you can do to jump start more fun in your workplace:
1. Create a humor library at work. Then assign a book a month (such as, oh, I don't know... off the top of my head...perhaps The Humor Advantage) and hold a followup discussion to turn ideas from the book into action. (Psst...since it's Humor Month, we're offering The Humor Advantage at 50% off its normal price, for you only, when you put in the code HAHA)
2. Create a "humor first aid kit" and stockpile it with funny office toys, props, etc. that will help people laugh during a serious emergency.
3. Create a rotating workplace jester position or humor at work squad to champion the importance of culture and fun at work. Rotate the positions to different employees every four months so no one gets burned out and different people get the chance to flex their creative muscles.
4. Add more humor to your meetings. Your meetings should reflect and help create the kind of culture you want at work, so use your meetings as a launching pad to help strengthen your culture, build relationships, and inject more fun into your workplace.
5. Start a collective humor at work file where you encourage employees to contribute funny observations, funny articles related to your business, and examples of accidental humor they come across. Then use the file to add some humor to your meetings, intranet website, presentations, and newsletters.
6. Create contests to boost the level of fun. It could be a contest for the funniest team photo, team video, or team slogan, or an amateur comedy night where employees have a chance to flex their funny bones.
7. Create fun rituals and traditions. Rituals and traditions give everyone something to look forward to and something to reminisce about. Traditions are one of the key ways to strengthen any workplace culture.
8. Celebrate with a little fun. Hold a spoof Oscars celebration and award prizes for offbeat and wacky reasons ("The Employee Least Likely to Be Voted Off the Island Award" etc.).
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Mike's Fun at Work Tip |
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A simple but effective tip to encourage people to show up on time at meetings: Implement a "last person" rule. The last person into the meeting has to record the minutes, or clean up the meeting room once the meeting has adjourned, or sing a Celine Dion song.
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Quote of the Week |
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"If you are working in a company that is not enthusiastic, energetic, creative, clever, curious and just plain fun, you've got troubles, serious troubles." Tom Peters
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It's a Wacky World |
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This Friday, in addition to being Good Friday, is also International Moment of Laughter Day! So schedule in some time to laugh this Friday, and remember, according to studies, laughter can relax your body faster than vodka or Valium...and it doesn't require a gym membership!
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