Festival of Ideas for success
Most of the ideas used below are from a survey of the ideas most popular medium and large companies in North America. All ideas have actually been tried, and more importantly, have accepted with pleasureand recognition and has yielded positive results for organizations sought. Use these ideas or be inspired to customize your group to the environment. Most of them cost little or nothing, and requires virtually no time for people about what is happening. You can merge them into the calendar day or for a special event. The most important thing is to talk not only of these ideas, but they actually do.
A. Fun Rituals:
1.Champagne Celebration: Maybe office just landed that big, long-fought for sharing accounts, or perhaps simply a productive week together. Why not celebrate — — for some reason, with the champagne (or sparkling grape juice, if you want)?
2: applause KAZOO: When Apple Computer, during a quarterly meeting, used the kazoo for the whole group. Instead of applause from hands clapping (as passé!), You summt their satisfaction withKazoo. How to prove slide whistles Gavels for formal meetings? In fact, as the request for a standing ovation. . . now?
3 Nose: There are a number of animal noses, rubber, foam or plastic red nose clown — Bring 'Em and wear for meetings of personnel, difficult moments, Friday, etc.
4 laugh a day: The headquarters of Bank of America has issued a "Laugh a Day Challenge" to all its employees in northern California. Throughout the monthApril, employees face the challenge of a joke or cartoon every day to bring inventories to their colleagues. These people made a success of a Corporate Challenge Challenge T-shirt and a book published internally filled with the best answer. [E 'important that the spirit of "words" challenge "not competitors." They have won the search for the best jokes, "but only a willingness to participate. So everyone is a winner, even the employees not to bringJoke, but they have heard.]
5: s Thanks in advance: Of course we enjoy and deserve to celebrate and be recognized for his achievements when we retire. But why wait? What about a celebration and a festival on the first day of membership of a person of your company / organization? What is a good way to set the tone and as a member of the team.
Contest 6: Try this for lunch or at social events: Balloon-shaving, lip sync, Air band (or in the airOrchestra), Worst Hair Day, giant soap bubbles, golf course.
Secret Pal 7: That all written in the office / organization / department / etc, your name, address, telephone number, birth date (actual date of birth for those who have nothing to hide!) And a short list of things that (), for example: flowers, sports, chocolate, funny hats, postcards, exotic, music, etc.. Times and put pins in a hat. As each man takes a note — to guarantee that no one has started his own name (ifSo, all slips will go out and try again.) When all the notes are distributed, and each has a different name, the fun begins! You are the secret friend, the person whose name is already taken. During the experience Secret Pal (we recommend at least three months) your "mission" is creative, spontaneous, fun to do to revitalize and stuff for your partner … all anonymously, of course. You can send her flowers or at home, leave a message on his desk as you work, enjoytogether, or admire their professional competence, or appreciate its contribution to the organization, or perhaps simply send them a card for Valentine's Day in September, indicating that just could not wait until February to send your love . Important is fun and exciting – and not your partner to guess, is their secret friend. And of course a lot of fun especially while doing a Secret Pal to your lucky partner, a second group to be your secretPAL, and is doing funny things to you! By the end of the predetermined period of time, a public event where Secret Pals will be revealed.
B. Theme days:
1 clothing: hats, socks (only? Mismatch?) Sticky tourist, bad taste / bad balance, conflicts dresses Casual Dress day Once a week / month. (there is the possibility that these identities "secret" we all seem to have confirmed that close to us, our friends, but who can see that our staff – may, admittedly, weactually spend more time with — get to see rarely). Hawaii, sometimes wearing Hawaiian shirts on television news anchor as a dress "business" during broadcasts. This is a playful allusion real joy de vivre spirit in all of us, certain colors (like a color or a family of color only, ebony and ivory, etc.), inside-out, Crazy T-shirts, pajamas, extravagant accessories.
2: A food: I am a previous meal, documentation of orange peel, hot dog-banana, the use of colors of food color changeblue foods (potatoes? pasta purple?), the administration can cook and serve food to the workers, do-it-yourself banana splits, lunch, gourmet food Olympics …
3. man: special holiday, birthday of the United Nations on Tuesday, your friends, giggling, standing ovation (in meetings) in the coffee shop, the insane prices (with superiors, employees, part-time employees), a person the first day of work in the airport, Christmas in July, the Summer Beach Party in February, helium balloons (known within'em away to decorate or write messages) on the outside, $ 1.00 This celebrity anonymous gift exchange for a day, decorate your office manager' …
Flowers 4: Bring 'em to decorate the office, give them away with a bit of recognition, which holds a bouquet of flowers to someone in an hour and then continues to the next person, balloon bouquets …
5: s Photos: (for children, pets, cars, children) for the message board, newsletters, awards, meetings, training room.
6.Special Person Day: Celebrate Secretaries; Family Day: bring in photos or bring the family for lunch, eat out for lunch, special day picnic office; Gopher delegate day things to people (who you go to this or Fer — or that) if you come and see your shadow, leave and not return to work in six weeks, which offers massages, April 30 …
7: E Be kind to other days (Of course that really every day!) Do spontaneous, anonymous kinds of things— Another example. Clean all the cups in the staff room, finishing a report by a colleague that you have finished the wizard …
8: And apologies: Place a sheet of paper and ask people the best excuse they've ever heard or are not sure: Post too late to return the product are charged to their account, etc. (use a real or make a a)
9: s Honors: Night Every person is given the name of another person in the workplace. Select an honor and an adjusted price basis, go with him.Select an optimist, not down prices. Here are some examples of titles and awards:
• Best blow-dry hair … may salon mousse.
• impertinent voice on the phone … new cell phone headset.
Tomorrow • The majority of good-natured person … Voucher for 10 cups of chai tea in a local store.
• The most legible handwriting … pen engraved with their name and company name.
C. On Going:
1: A section Humor: Make pounds laugh (people write in funnyAnecdotes and jokes to bind non-toxic, and distributed at the end of the quarter or year); Cartoon Corner Jokes / Cartoons on memos and newsletters, smile more, the Treasury or Funny cartoon magazines in waiting rooms and baths, car-pooling , a room of laughter comedy Library of books, CDs and DVDs …
2: a game: Non-competitive/cooperative games, charades, skits, secret word (hear the word, crosses his legs or to seek or change seats, etc.); TreasureHunting …
3: and Great Job Market: Trading jobs, clothes, offices for a day. OK, OK, at least try one hours. 10 minutes?
4 passengers: to laugh together (or do not know) before all others, that the drawings on the side walls of a session of increased call.
5: What's good?: Dating Start by asking each person "I wonder what's happening in your department?"
6: E Joy Box Break: instead of coffee or tea at 3:15,leave for ten minutes to read or play some 'for fun (read a book, thumb through a "Far Side" comic book, see the movie pages for a play at a later time to see, hear, play a tape ) on your headphones, try to have a rule: "non-work-talk" on the termination, the creation of a committee for the occasional break Joybreak group interactions and activities to be programmed.
7 meetings Stroll go: For 2-3 person meetings, on a trip together in the Wild
(wearing a mini-recorder, recording ideas andThe decisions of minutes).
8: Errors and Best: Stories of share allocated 5 minutes to meetings for people of all recent embarrassing or funny stories from their work or personal life.
9: E wall: Place a large piece of paper in a common area. Choose a theme and ask people to help in a longer period. You can paint, scribble, write the word, poetry, newspaper clippings pasta, etc.
10 Lunchtime Fun: Go out to lunch with people from allNose or wear funny hats. Enter an outrageously good tip for the waiter. Sing a song for the waiter does a good job.
Unbirthdays 11 (pick someone and give them a birthday surprise)
12. Head of decorating the office with flags, flowers and balloons
Way To Go 13 Comments: Have you ever wanted someone you admire, or appreciate about it, but not for you? Create a large envelope for each person in the workplace andput them in a common area. Each week, inviting all the notes of special recognition for their superiors, employees, or service – if you have got to write something right. Put your notes supplied adequate. After a month, each with its own envelope.
14 Caption Contest: Create a cartoon without a caption for the field staff bulletin board. Inviting people to a new label that fits caricature. As people who pass through their daysable to read what others say and add to the list.
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