For those employed full-time and who report to a place of work, you spend the major parts of your day at work. That is at least eight hours of meetings, workshops, interacting with colleagues, and actual labor. How do you up profits in the workplace?
When spending so much of your day at one place, you want to enjoy that time. Personally, there is a sense of fulfillment that comes from being excited to go to work, enjoy the people you work with, and enjoy the job you do.
For employees, this joy is personal. For employers, this joy can be profitable. As important or serious as jobs are, it’s important to balance all of the seriousness of work with fun. Bringing fun to the workplace contributes to less stressed, calmer, positive, more creative, and more productive employees. It is a great way to “S.N.A.P.” out of it and see new achievable possibilities in business and life!
How do you up profits in the workplace? Here are 3 simple and fun ways to increase morale and the money mindset:
Social Events – People love to get together to talk and laugh over food and drinks. Each month, try to have a function where employees get to socialize and know each other as people, not just in their work roles. Go out to lunch or dinner as a group, or to a nice, laid-back establishment for happy hour.
Make Meetings Fun – For some, staff meetings are boring and dreadful. Fun and, of course, food can completely change the energy, direction, and productivity of a meeting. Early meeting? Provide breakfast before getting down to business. Early afternoon meeting? Provide lunch! Fun group games before or at the close of a meeting also help to lighten the mood.
Incorporate Humor – As the saying goes, laughter is a medicine. Humor lightens up the mood of any cold room. Businesses can incorporate humor by having theme-based office dress up days, humor bulletin boards, or a lighthearted, and tasteful, joke included in the daily or weekly e-newsletter.
This is one way I create fun and humor and start a buzz about events my clients have hired me to speak for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHGv5OUJuos
Bringing fun into the workplace creates a low-stress, creative, productive atmosphere. The term work often has a negative, stress-induced connotation. By realizing that work can be fun, and then creating this type of climate, businesses can boost morale and, potentially, productivity and profits.
