Add a FUN tip for every week of the year By making FUN contagious, members can contribute to a strong health and wellness work culture. Encourage your colleagues to make fun contagious.
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Be curious. You get more experience and learn new things every day.
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Organize a competition/challenge with your colleagues or between departments.
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Today, learn to laugh at yourself and be open to feedback.
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Read inspiring and fun quotes at the beginning of the day.
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If tensions are high, be humorous and keep the atmosphere light and interactive.
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Take an energetic walk during your lunch break.
Have group photographs on special occasions like the end of a big project.
Avoid sitting in the same position for an extended period of time. Move your legs, stand up, and get some water.
Enjoy sunny days. Organize a picnic lunch in a park near the office.
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Create a humor bulletin board for your team. Anyone can decorate the board.
Bring coffee and healthy snacks for your colleagues on the day of a full-day meeting.
Take 60 seconds to think about your favorite moment at work.
Listen. Ask five people how they are feeling today.
Send a special thank you email to a customer, client or partner.
Organize a recognition breakfast or happy hour to celebrate a new title.
Show enthusiasm for new projects or tasks entrusted to you.
Spread your good cheer! State that you are in a good mood today!
Consciously choose your attitude and behavior to embrace fun at work.
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Don’t forget to say a sincere thank you when you get support from your boss or colleagues.
Get into the habit of smiling and greeting everyone as you arrive in the morning.
Prepare a light, humorous card for a colleague who seems to be a bit down.
Ask for your colleagues’ ideas. Everyone likes to share their opinion.
Learn the art of small talk. Showing a genuine interest in your colleagues will make them comfortable.
Listen to motivating and joyful music while commuting to work.
Leave someone a note with a happy face to make them smile.
Decorate the boss’ offi ce or a colleague’s desk on their birthday.
Decorate your own desk with things you enjoy in life.
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Invite a colleague for a coffee break or to have lunch with you. Create bonds.
Share personal talents by exposing members’ achievements: arts, sports and hobbies.
Have an ice cream social (or other little treats) each time an important goal is reached.
Be spontaneous. Try doing something unexpected and new to you to add a little fun to your day.
Challenge yourself. Look forward to each new day as full of possibility.
Create a FUN committee that could be mandated to find effective ways to have fun at work.
Mark the calendar with your objectives to include tips about having more fun at work.
Share your travel stories, destinations of choice and vacation anecdotes.
Survey your peers.
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Solicit ideas from your co-workers for ways to enliven your office.
Think FUN. Keep the fun times at the top of your mind and you’re certain to have many of them!
Volunteer.
Give some time to a cause or an activity organized by the company.
Prepare an office prank for one of your colleague. Make sure it remains respectful and professional.
Create a FUN colleagues.
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Start an exercise club to motivate each other. There is nothing like endorphins for good morale.
Suggest lighting up meetings with good news, surprise guests, recognition and rewards.
Try to ensure you do at least one task that you enjoy each day. Reward yourself!
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Don’t take life too seriously. Most humor in the workplace arises spontaneously, out of the everyday things that occur.
Focus on the positive. Stop pointing out the negative and compliment your colleagues on their achievements, both personal and professional.
Take quick micro-breaks. If you have time, take a quick micro-break to keep yourself motivated and your mind sharp.
Keep a wide variety of tips that stimulate your brain and keep you active: new club, projects discussions and stretches at your workstation.
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Create a FUN “humor in the workplace code of conduct” to remind people of the importance of having fun, but in a safe, professional way.
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Be Social. Participate in work activities and corporate initiatives. The more involved you are, the more valuable you will feel.
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Assume the positive about what you don’t know. What the future holds can be stressful but all you can do is assume it is going to be positive.