Why Fun at Work?
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Office" by Nancy Mann Jackson, Ode Magazine
Ode Magazine explores laughing at work and its serious effects on your firm's bottom line results!
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Seven Reasons to Have Fun at Work
- Sharing fun can increase staff creativity and willingness to help customers. Positive customer experiences are associated with employees' sense of ownership and enjoyment of their work.
- Fun breaks up boredom and fatigue -- the enemies of productivity.
- Workplace fun meets social needs that, if anything, intensify during difficult times.
- Fun fulfills a need for mastery and control, helping to avoid fatalism and detachment.
- Fun improves communication within the workgroup. It's harder to remain aloof from someone when you've seen each other having fun.
- Having fun together counteracts conflict and tension.
- Psychological well-being has been linked with cardiovascular health. Moreover, laughing increases oxygen intake, boosts circulation, increases the pain threshold and boosts immunity.
Adapted from Humor and Fun in the Workplace by Mary Rau-Foster and Mayo Clinic fact sheet
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