Fun Works Creating Places Where People Love to Work

by Yerkes, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9781576754085
• ISBN10: 1576754081
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-13
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Throughout Fun Works, you will find tips, resources, examples, and motivation to make your efforts to unleash the power of fun in yourself, your coworkers, and customers easy and fun! To give you confidence and to help build your case for the naysayer, those chronically on a fun diet, you will find case studies of companies that we believe exemplify the ability to integrate the Work/Fun Fusion and profit too. You will also find thoughts and pontifications from the 'Gurus of Fun,' authors and experts who give you their spin on each principle. Fun Works shares the voice of individuals, diverse in their backgrounds and professions, who express how work and fun merge for them. In this revised 2nd edition, the Leslie Yerkes does a series of follow-up interviews to see how the original companies have changed or maintained their fun-based work environments across the last 5 years. She explores the secrets that enabled companies to maintain an enjoyable work environment, and pitfalls that have inhibited others efforts to infuse fun into the workplace.

Author Biography

Leslie Yerkes is president of Catalyst Consulting Group, an organizational development and change management consulting firm in Cleveland, Ohio

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Creating the Fun/Work Fusion	p. 1
The Introduction: The Case for Integrating Fun and Work	p. 3
The Fun/Work Fusion Principles	p. 13
Give Permission to Perform	p. 15
Featuring: Pike Place Fish	p. 17
Update 2006	p. 22
Doing vs Being Key	p. 27
Challenge Your Bias	p. 29
Featuring: Harvard University Dining Services	p. 31
Update 2006	p. 38
Forgiveness Key	p. 43
Capitalize on the Spontaneous	p. 45
Featuring: Southwest Airlines	p. 47
Update 2006	p. 56
Effectiveness Key	p. 61
Trust the Process	p. 63
Featuring: Employease	p. 65
Update 2006	p. 72
Trust Key	p. 75
Value a Diversity of Fun Styles	p. 77
Featuring: Blackboard, Inc.	p. 79
Update 2006	p. 86
Challenge Your Thinking Key	p. 91
Expand the Boundaries	p. 93
Featuring: Process Creative Studios, Inc.	p. 95
Update 2006	p. 102
Time for Renewal Key	p. 107
Be Authentic	p. 109
Featuring: Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc.	p. 111
Update 2006	p. 118
Balance Key	p. 123
Be Choiceful	p. 125
Featuring: Russell-Rogat acquired by Lee Hecht Harrison	p. 127
Update 2006	p. 134
Questions Key	p. 137
Hire Good People and Get Out of the Way	p. 139
Featuring: One Prudential Exchange	p. 141
Update 2006	p. 146
Metaphors Key	p. 151
Embrace Expansive Thinking and Risk Taking	p. 153
Featuring: Will Vinton Studios	p. 155
Update 2006	p. 160
Journey vs Destination Key	p. 163
Celebrate	p. 165
Featuring: American Skandia	p. 167
Update 2006	p. 172
Heart Key	p. 175
Activating the Fun/Work Fusion	p. 177
The Conclusion: Opening Our Minds and Letting Fun Happen	p. 179
Update	p. 185
Putting Fun to the Test	p. 187
The Fun/Work Fusion Inventory	p. 189
Other Voices: Stories of Fun at Work	p. 203
Acknowledgments	p. 225
Index	p. 227
Fun/Work Fusion Resources	p. 233
About the Author	p. 235
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