Fun Works: Creating Places Where People Love to WorkLeading-edge organizations have discovered that fun can--and does--translate into bottom line success. By harnessing the power of fun, companies find they can better retain employees and customers, motivate teams, improve productivity, increase innovation, and create a sense of community. Leslie Yerkes details precisely how eleven successful companies--including Southwest Airlines, Pike Place Fish, Isle of Capri Casinos, EmployEase, and Prudential--have integrated fun into the normal course of business. This new edition provides updates on how these same companies have grown, prospered, and continued to thrive--in spite of national tragedies, natural disaster, growing competition, and changing economic conditions--in part because of the culture they have created through what Yerkes calls "The Fun/Work Fusion." Yerkes illustrates eleven principles--from capitalizing on the spontaneous to hiring good people and getting out of their way--that will inspire you to inject a sense of playfulness and joy into your workplace. Full of real-life examples, strategies, ideas, resources, tools, tips, and techniques, Fun Works will help any company in any industry become a place where people love to work. |
Contents
The FunWork Fusion Inventory | |
PRINCIPLE ONEGive Permission to Perform | |
PRINCIPLE THREECapitalize on the Spontaneous | |
PRINCIPLE FOURTrust the Process | |
PRINCIPLE FIVEValue a Diversity of Fun Styles | |
PRINCIPLE SIXExpand the Boundaries | |
PRINCIPLE SEVENBe Authentic | |
PRINCIPLE NINEHire Good People and Get Out of their Way | |
PRINCIPLE FOURTrust the Process | |
PRINCIPLE FIVEValue a Diversity of Fun Styles | |
PRINCIPLE SIX Expand the Boundaries | |
PRINCIPLE SEVENBe Authentic | |
PRINCIPLE EIGHTBe Choiceful | |
PRINCIPLE NINEHire Good People and Get Out of Their Way | |
PRINCIPLE TENEmbrace Expansive Thinking and Risk Taking | |
11PRINCIPLE ELEVENCelebrate | |
PART THREEActivating the FunWork Fusion | |
CONCLUSIONOpening Our Minds and Letting Fun Happen | |
Putting Fun to the Test | |
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