Why is Fun at Work So Important?
Here are the Top 6 Reasons I hear about why people believe that their work environment could never be fun or engaging:
1. Our work is very serious
2. There are too many overly serious people who work here
3. The management won’t allow us to have fun
4. We have too much work to do, there is no time for fun
5. If people had fun all hell would break loose
6. The public or customers would think we are not doing our jobs properly
Yet, here are the Top 7 Benefits I hear about why having fun at work is so crucial these days:
1. It is a low cost, easy way to build morale.
2. It enhances communication and builds social bonds that help people through the tough times.
3. It makes people want to perform well at work and be a contributing member of their team.
4. It re-vitalizes people so they are healthier and have more energy.
5. It opens up creative thinking which helps people be more resourceful with problems.
6. It helps staff build rapport amongst themselves and with clients and customers.
7. It creates a positive atmosphere that makes customers more likely to want to do business with you.
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Wonderful explanation of facts aavilable here.
The facts outlined above are more from a corporate point of view.
From the individual point of view: making work fun is a key factor to ensure that one is enjoying one’s work and as such one can deliver an optimum or above expectation work performance.Thus achieving a personal satisfaction and confidence.
It is not only the external factors that drive one to have fun at work…It is also the MINDSET of the individual worker. It is up to him or her to decide how to make work fun. No one can decide what is fun for us except ourselves.
From http://www.astromanager.net/?page_id=2 — Scot Kleinman says “Fun at work to me doesn’t mean a laugh a minute or always joking with my colleagues. No, it means, to me personally, being involved in a team, furthering a goal I believe in, and contributing my best talents to help us get there, while working with others contributing their’s.
I second his opinion.
“It’s all in the mind. It is harder to change the environment, but when come to change our mindset, we are in full control. It takes a bit of practice but it gets better and better each day.” …http://www.e2i.com.sg/e2i_says/e2i_blog/2011/6/10/work_is_fun/