Make Fun Your Competitive Advantage! December 10, 2011

What’s the best job you ever had? Fun wasn’t it? You probably also did your best work, took pride in your productivity, and willingly made personal and professional sacrifices to get the job done. When understood and used correctly, fun can be a powerful motivator and a competitive advantage for employees, teams, managers, and organizations.

The problem is, though, the notion of workplace fun is often misunderstood. Managers feel like they have to wear silly hats, tell stupid jokes, or hold regular pizza parties to “keep things fun.” The truth is that this type of “fun” isn’t what people want – silly doesn’t last and silly doesn’t motivate. Instead, to enjoy sustainable success, we – employees, managers and entrepreneurs – need to manage fun in three areas: job tasks, work environment, and professional relationships.

In this hands-on workshop you will:

learn why fun is an important motivational tool.
Determine what’s fun, what gives you energy, and how to get more of it in work and life.
Develop a personal strategy to make your own work more fun and meaningful.
Learn the generational differences in expectations and motivations for workplace fun.
Develop a plan to help those who work with you and for you to enjoy more fun and success in their jobs.
Learn how fun can be a strategy for both talent retention and engagement.
Build business, product, and service models around the concept of fun.
And much more!
Making fun your competitive advantage has never been more important. Research confirms that 1 in 3 Americans will change jobs in the next 18 months. Those same studies show that 2 of 3 American workers are NOT engaged in their work. Indeed the recession has been tough. Those fortunate enough to have jobs have been beaten down, working longer hours for the same or less pay to do the work of 2 or 3 employees. As the economy shows signs of recovery, employees are saying loud and clear they want something different from their jobs – they want to have fun again. If you’re an employee, learn how to carve out your niche and have more fun at work. If you’re a leader, manager, or entrepreneur, learn tools and techniques to make fun your competitive advantage.

Who should attend?
Anyone who wants more fun in their work. Any leader, manager or entrepreneur who needs to retain, engage, and motivate employees to get their best performance. Anyone who is developing programs, designing products, or delivering service.

EVENT: Make Fun Your Competitive Advantage!
DATE: December 10, 2011 - Saturday
TIME: 08:30am-12:30pm
WEBSITE: http://www.davinciinstitute.com/events/563/make-fun-your-competitive-advantage-saturday-december-10-2011

LOCATION: DaVinci Institute, 511 E. South Boulder Road Louisville, CO 80027

COST: $69, Members: $49, SuperMembers: Free

PHONE: 303-666-4133

TOPIC: Make Fun Your Competitive Advantage!
SPEAKER: Dan Clemens, Speaker, author, business consultant, entrepreneur, baseball coach

Official Website: http://www.davinciinstitute.com/events/563/make-fun-your-competitive-advantage-saturday-december-10-2011