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Ladies and Gentlemen!
Welcome
back to Graceland Ontario, your one stop location for
success advice. Today, we’re going to be talking about fun and how it applies
on the job site.
I just
finished What they Don’t Teach You at
Harvard Business School by Mark McCormack, the founder of IMG (International Management Group),
the largest independent producer and distributor of televised sports media. If
you get a chance to purchase the book, it’s money well spent.
But
there was a disagreement I had with the book: McCormack says that in his
offices, he didn’t allow talking or making friends − works for work, he says.
On the
other hand, Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin, a multibillion dollar
corporation, used to have end of week parties all the time at his house before
the company grew too big to contain his employees anymore (and even now he
holds events for managers and recognized employees).
So, fun
or no fun? It seems to be a personal decision. When people work, they do need to get work done − fun or not. But
to me, letting people have fun, therefore enjoying their job more, will keep
those people’s loyalty even if the company has financial trouble. They won't want their job to end (they were having a good time after all) so they're more likely to deal with windy weather with a smile on their face than the person who hates coming to work.
Sure a
job is serious… but no one ever said that seriousness was an excuse for making
your employees’s life a tragedy. As long as your people are producing and your
business is making a profit, why not have an end-of-week party at the boss’s
house? You see each other everyday, you
might as well enjoy your time together.
See you
next week!
Alex H.
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