Does fun really matter? You bet. All work and no play, makes for grumpy, disengaged employees.\n\nLean teams with limited resources and tight schedules, still need to make time to come together for the purpose of getting to know each other.\n
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- Do you think bringing chocolate chip cookies into a meeting, makes a difference? Absolutely.
- Is it worth spending the first five minutes of a meeting asking people to share their nickname, where they grew up or the first car they drove? Definitely.
- Should you throw a Halloween Monster Mash in the office complete with costume prizes, pumpkin carving contests and fortune tellers? Go for it!
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\nTaking time to allow people to build relationships is good business. When people get to know each other, they begin to build trust. And high trust, leads to high performance.\n\nSo go on, get silly and have some fun.\n\n \n\n \n\n