Fun at work is essential for success, results are essential for fun to appear. I bet you will agree that results won’t surface in a hostile environment. This is why hard work and fun is the true Romeo and Juliette at the office. I have been to some seminars about fun at work and just a few touches the importance of results. Good results give you the power and confidence to stand tall in everyday life. And one more thing; it starts at Monday morning.
Monday Morning Blues
I don’t like Mondays – A major hit at the end of the 1970’s …

I understand that Mondays can be a dread. And you might think that the weekend is a far far away place that seems impossible to reach. I am going to provide you with a day to day guide on how to make your week more fun and interesting. Start by looking in the mirror in the morning and decide that this week is going to be great!

Today I am presenting an easy to implement tool to boost work morale, mood and fun around the office. Just give your co-workers or employees the true joy of applause. We got one kind of activity that we manages to complete ten to fifteen times a day, and for each employee that manages to complete this task, gets to put a magnet on a white board to symbolize that we are getting closer to the goals of fifteen completed tasks. And for each person standing up we cheer and applaud. Sometimes we fail to notice it in all the other …

Do you ever look at the company you work for? Do you know what it does? Do you know the competition? Are you working for the best company in your line of business? Are you a challenger? Are you losing ground? What is your role in all of this? Are you doing a better job than the people doing the same job for the competition? Do you think you matter in the overall results for the company? Or do you just appear to do your job?

Seth Godin writes about Spotto – a game where you are supposed to spot yellow cars. Why not play spotto at work to spot the great customer service? I liked this idea. Seth writes ” We notice what we choose to notice.”  - This is a reminder to all leaders and employess out there, what you focus on, is importnat, as results demands the right focus. Great idea Seth!

I am proud to say that I work at the best call center in Norway. I am currently attending the Call Center Days 2009 conference here in Oslo. The entire industry is gathered here to learn and inspire each other at a two day conference. We got some great speaker here like Lior Arussy – His speech was very inspiring and interesting, and we have also seen some great Norwegian speakers as well. But we were in for our greatest surprise during dinner. The award ceremony was held and winners in nine different business areas where announced. Whereas the winner …