As I was cleaning out my 2008 calendar, I came across some notes I took during a presentation about having fun a work given by Mike Veeck, author of “Fun is Good” and part owner of the Charleston RiverDogs minor league baseball team.
Just thought I would share his tips about how to infuse the workplace with fun (which should be pretty easy for me these days since I work at home).
1. Hire passionate people.
2. Have fun – laughter improves everything.
3. Values (write down four one-word values for your company).
4. Teamwork – build a team you can be proud of.
5. Generosity of spirit – mentor someone.
6. Creativity (have creative meetings in the morning; but keep meetings to an hour or less).
7. Customer service (write your top 25 customers a hand-written note).
8. Give back to the community in which you live.
Additional tidbits of wisdom:
* People want to be empowered to make decisions.
* How we deal with success and failure on a day-to-day basis is the defining moment for how we handle business and people.
* How we approach change defines our business.
* The No. 1 employee morale gift: unexpected time off.