Having fun at work!

Having Fun At Work

Having fun at work should never be underestimated. People simply are more productive and motivated if they are having fun...it’s just the way we are wired.

If we look at toddles, we would see that they learn best when they are playing. Playing is also the best way of motivating them to do something.

The sad thing is when we get older and grow up, we eliminate the fun element. No wonder they say that humans learn the most in their first five years of their lives.

Everyone, and I mean e-ve-ry-one has a child inside of him or her that wants to come out. It’s part of who we are and it shouldn’t be any different at work.

 Having Fun At Work breeds good behaviours

• Courage & Creativity get stimulated
• It relieve stress
• It eliminates fear
• It helps in creating a productive, healthy work environment
• It connects the human spirit with the workplace
• It clears people’s minds
• It helps create an environment where people can just be the best that they are
• It makes people more productive
• It is a great way for leaders and managers to engage with employees
• but more importantly it helps to create a warm and welcoming environment for customers

Over the years i have worked in places where fun at work was as important as hitting target, customers can see and feel everything. With today's climate  people need to have fun WHILE they are working...right through from Monday to Sunday

Creating A Culture Of Having Fun At Work

Fun looks different for each individual and team. However, the first step is a conscious awareness of its importance. Here are some ways to initiate such a culture:

Engage With Employees

"What would make this job a fun environment for you?" "What would you change to make work more fun?" These questions will go a long way in determining what makes each individual tick. Don’t try to guess what would be fun for them. Ask the people who are suppose to have fun themselves

Have Fun As The Leader

As a leader of your store, you play a big role in establishing the culture. If you are having fun, chances are good that fun at work will become a culture.

Initiate a competition

Have a competition throughout the store where people come up with the best ways to implement a fun culture at work.

Make It Part Of Performance Reviews

Bring the topic of having fun up in the performance reviews. "Are you having fun?" "How can you make this job more enjoyable for yourself?" Motivate them to become aware of it.

All of these work, for me its all about being old school..

Here are some ideas that i have done in the past..

When i was the Phone shop Manager in Tesco Havant we discussed as a team how to make things interesting and they said that making a music video would be good, so we did (Tesco Phone Shop) we also ran fancy dress days, dressing up in phone shops..

Also when i worked for Phones 4u we did lots of stuff like try and make up a TV series called phone 4u TV in which we would interview customers and post them online,( this however got taken down) but we always tried to make it fun. (Drop and Roll)

So i suppose no matter where you are, what your doing, you can always have fun..