Fun Works Creating Places Where People Love to Work [Paperback]

Leading-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.Foreword
Preface

Part One: Creating The Fun/Work Fusion
The Introduction: The Case For Integrating Fun And Work

Part Two: The Fun/Work Fusion Principles
Principle One: Give Permission To Perform
Featuring: Pike Place Fish
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Doing Vs Being Key
Principle Two: Challenge Your Bias
Featuring: Harvard University Dining Services
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Forgiveness Key
Principle Three: Capitalize On The Spontaneous
Featuring: Southwest Airlines
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Effectiveness Key
Principle Four: Trust The Process
Featuring: Employease
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Trust Key
Principle Five: Value A Diversity Of Fun Styles
Featuring: Blackboard, Inc.
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Challenge Your Thinking Key
Principle Six: Expand The BoulÃ"