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Are We Having Fun Yet?
The Many Benefits of Humor in the
Workplace
Celebrate Good Times, C’mon!
First Celebration of P & T
Second Crazy Hat Party
Summer Celebration 2005
The Crooked Branch Bunch
The Desperado Deans
Turning an Idea into an EVENT
Use Themes
Get Buy In From Management
Brainstorming Happens – Watch Out!
Promos and Props
Rehearsals
Summer Celebration 2006
What We Learned With the Summer Celebrations
Start early (so you’re prepared for surprises) SchedulingNot everyone will participate (That’s OK)No bar is too high when you have:
Management’s trustCreative & open-minded teamSuperb technical/graphics support
What We Learned With the Summer Celebrations
Offsite meetings stimulate creativityPoke fun at yourself (Publicly and often)Take risks!BudgetThe Rumor Mill – Use it to your advantageRehearsals are a good thing!Good food is criticalHave Fun!
How Two Librarians Got Into The Fun Business
Who Else Is Having Fun?
Southwest Airlines
Pike Place Market
Land’s End
Blackboard
Microsoft
Sprint
Rogat-Russell
Many More!
Managerial Resistance to Fun
I don’t have time
It costs too much
I don’t know how
I don’t want to look silly
No evidence this will work (YES THERE IS!)
Take your work seriously.
Take yourself lightly.
Survey Says…..
Advantages of a Fun WorkplaceAttract and Retain EmployeesImprove Communication
And promotes …Organizational Commitment Customer SatisfactionLower Absenteeism Productivity
Gen X and Y
Want a career that provides
Job Security Meaningful Work Personal and Family Time FUN! Matures and Baby Boomers Want to
Have Fun, too!
Source: Families and Work Institute, “Youth and Employment Study, 2000”
FUN Is Not Another Trendy Fad Like…
X MBOX CQIX SPCX QFDX TQM
FUN IS A CULTURE!
Fun @ Work
Fun Starts @ the TopFun Must be AuthenticManagement Must Give PermissionEmployees Drive FunRewards Should Be Individualized
“A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.” Dwight David Eisenhower
Fun will be allowed on Friday
October 20thFrom
10-11 AMParticipation Mandatory!!!
Library
Library
Harvard Business Review July-August 2001
Mission Impossible?
The Importance of Having Fun at Work
It makes you SMILE!
S timulates Team SpiritM otivates StaffI mproves ProductivityL owers AbsenteeismE nergizes Meetings
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.” Mahatma Gandhi
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw
“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.” Dave Barry
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.” Dr. Seuss
Thank You!Debbie Sharp, M.L.S.
Information LiteracyWilliam T. Young LibraryUniversity of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506
[email protected] x2099
Susan K. Smith, M.L.S.Shaver Engineering Library
University of KentuckyLexington, KY [email protected]
859.257.7176