301 Ways to Have Fun at Work

The most successful organizations add a healthy dose of play into their daily or weekly routines. In fact, research has shown that when people actually enjoy their jobs they're more creative, more productive, and more committed to doing their job well. Companies like the Colorado Health Sciences Center and Southwest Airlines attest to the positive effect of fun at work. Both trace increased job satisfaction and decreased employee downtime to concerted efforts to make fun a part of their corporate identity.

With 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, Dave Hemsath and Leslie Yerkes offer a complete resource anyone can use to create a dynamic workplace that encourages and inspires fun-and-games camaraderie among employees. It combines thorough research with practical hands-on suggestions, and features hundreds of ideas real companies have used to lighten up the workplace.

When the authors surveyed over 1,500 individuals from organizations worldwide, they received enthusiastic responses that yielded a broad range of ways to spice up the workday. People loved to share how they have fun at work. The suggestions in the book include humorous training films, dress-up and dress-down days, silly job titles, awards for people who go "above and beyond the call of duty" when a coworker is on vacation, "ritual dances" at the completion of a project, a fashion show when it's time to choose a new uniform -- even foam dartfights after meetings.

Designed to be read straight through or picked up and browsed for just a few minutes, 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work also features sidebars, fun facts, fun quotes, and fun resources.

Amazon.com Review
Dave Hemsath and Leslie Yerkes have long believed that work need not be bland and boring, and that a fun workplace is truly more productive than a dull one. To check their theory, they asked successful businesspeople worldwide if fun played a part in their corporate culture--and, if so, how it was actually manifested in everyday life. 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work is their lighthearted compendium of the most useful and creative replies.

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All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, 2008-10-31
Book is just OK.
Expected more.
Dealer who mailed it quickly was great!!!


0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:

owners and managers buy this, 2008-09-30
Us Managers and owners have forgotten that the people working for us is why we have so much money...we try to make our workplace boring to demonstrate how tough it is for us, although we drive the best cars in the lot...I need something like this to enjoy work, as when I am mean, I also feel mean and hate my days...check the bingo suggestions out and make it applicable to your workplace...we did and it is great


4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Making the Workplace a Fun Place- (also see WorkLaughs), 2006-12-29
OK, admit it. The workplace is not often a fun place. That is why you need this book.
It will show you how others have added joy to the work environment. And, for finding
laughter on the job, check out another book,
WorkLaughs: Quips, Quotes, and Anecdotes about Making a Buck. (also available on Amazon).


1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

301 Ways to Have Fun a Work, 2006-02-25
It has some good suggestions that I have put to use, but expected all suggestions to fit into most work environments.


2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, 2005-10-24
Simple ideas. Was not very useful for my work environment.
I was looking for something that was a little different or unusual that we haven't tried.

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