Product Description

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By the coauthor of the bestselling 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work (more than 50,000 copies sold)
o Accessible, practical information on creating a fun work environment
o Works for anyone in any size or type of organization
o Shows how to inject an element of fun into a wide range of business functions, including hiring, customer service, events, sales and marketing, and more
o Features real-life examples of how individuals and companies are creating fun, productive workplaces In this follow-up to the successful 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, Dave Hemsath applies the concept to new areas of business life to bring even more fun to the workplace. Like it’s predecessor, it combines thorough research with practical hands-on tools for using fun in the workplace to create a more productive and satisfying work environment. Over 300 real-life examples of how individuals and organizations have successfully instilled fun into the workplace make this book immensely practical and fun to read.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #336439 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 255 pages

Review
"The Return of Fun at Work: You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll scream with delight. Don't tell your friends the ending." - Carl Ingram, WayFinders Group "If customer service, or better yet, "customer caring" is your business, then read on and discover the many ways you can create experiences that make people smile, laugh and want to come back and do business with you." - JoAnna Brandi, author of Winning at Customer Retention"

From the Publisher
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FUN AT WORK are more productive, more creative, and report higher levels of job satisfaction, according to recent research. And they tend to stick around longer too—a key competitive advantage in today’s tight job market. In short, fun in the workplace goes right to the bottom line.

As coauthor of 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, Dave Hemsath was among the first to show how fun could be beneficial to all types and sizes of organizations. The idea has caught on, and people are clamoring for more ways to make their workplaces fun places to be. His new book, 301 More Ways to Have Fun at Work, builds on the success of the earlier book by applying the concept to new areas of business life, showing how to inject an element of fun into hiring, customer service, events, sales and marketing, leadership, and corporate culture.

Like the earlier book, 301 More Ways to have Fun at Work offers practical advice for creating a work environment infused with the spirit of fun. It’s a comprehensive resource for building and maintaining a productive and satisfying work environment that inspires camaraderie among employees and loyalty to the organization. And also like its predecessor, each chapter includes dozens of real-life examples of how individuals and organizations have put fun into the normal course of their work.

Throughout the chapters, a series of "Fun Facts" and "Fun Quotes" provides humorous and interesting information about the effects of fun on workplace performance, and "Fun Resources" direct readers to useful sources for products and services that increase the fun quotient in the workplace. The book also includes "Dave’s Hierarchy of Fun," a lighthearted but thoughtful discussion of the factors needed for establishing and maintaining a fun workplace.

Entertaining and accessible, 301 More Ways to Have Fun at Work legitimizes the issue of fun as an organizational strategy and has a good time doing it. Hemsath’s infectious enthusiasm guarantees that readers will enjoy themselves as they discover how to make their workplace more enjoyable. He clearly shows that creating a fun atmosphere in the workplace not only makes working more pleasant, but also increases productivity, morale, and retention.

About the Author
Dave Hemsath

Dave Hemsath, author of 301 Ways to Have Fun at Work, is co-owner of Business Outreach Books, a business book distributor based in Cleveland, Ohio. His business takes him all over the U.S., where he sees people at many successful companies having fun at work.

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Fun!
This book was filled with plenty of examples of what major corporations, as well as small independent mom-and-pop-shops do to encourage the concept of fun in the workplace, and how that in turn improves morale, productivity and the work environment as a whole. The bite-size pieces of information, written in a pleasingly anecdotal manner make it an easy read, and the cartoons and illustrations don't hurt either. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to incorporate the concept of fun into their workplace, actually, it's a good read just in and of itself without even being used for practical applications. NICE WORK!

FANTASTIC!
Can't understand what the others are bellyaching about-I found this to be a quick entertaining read that was full of great ideas and suggestions. Unlike the multitude of other books about fostering fun and creativity in the workplace that try to pretend that they are speaking of a finely-tuned science with complex procedures-this book says it like it is-it's just fun!
If you need an in-depth how-to book to have fun at work, trust me, this is the least of your problems.
I took the suggestions for the "obstacle course race" and we had a fantastic time in my office-everyone came out of their "shells" (cubicles rather) and joined in the fun...there were people there that I didn't even know had a sense of humor...
If you are looking for some long-winded analytical study of the concept of fun at work for the sake of fostering productivity and morale go elsewhere-this is just simple fun, fun to read, fun ideas, and fun to practice...
NICE!

Lists, quotes and anecdotes
Lists, quotes and corporate anecdotes pretty much sum up this book. It's light reading and quirky, but I didn't walk away with a single idea to take to my team at work.