Synopses & Reviews
In the first edition of Fun Works, Leslie Yerkes disposed of the myth that fun and work are mutually exclusive. Using examples, strategies, ideas, resources, tools, tips, techniques, and interviews with 11 real-life organizations, Yerkes showed that any company can become a place where people love to work. In this updated and expanded second edition of the best and classic work on how to bring fun into business culture, Leslie Yerkes has conducted follow-up interviews with all of the case studies featured in the first edition to see how the principles presented in the first edition have progressed across the last five years. Looking at places like Southwest Airlines, Pike Place Fish, and Prudential, she explores the secrets that enable companies to maintain a prosperous and fun environment in the face of recession, national tragedy, and natural disaster.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
Yerkes offers tips, examples, and motivation to help readers, their coworkers, and their customers unleash the power of fun in the workplace. Through real-life case studies and interviews with dozens of leading authors and everyday people, the author illustrates 11 principles of what she calls "The Work/Fun Fusion".