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By: Хиляда лева за мотивация. Нова анкета : PM Stories

Хиляда лева за мотивация. Нова анкета : PM Stories — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:42:52 +0000

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:41:57 +0000

Ooh, what fun!
We try to do a firm social every year so I think I’d make this one more grand than before – maybe a club box at the Riversharks for our team and our fave clients? A client did a similar shindig and with tickets, booze and food, it came to about $1000.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:16:00 +0000

Well Mike King beat me to the foosball table but I will include that in my list.

Wii Fit ($90)
Foosball Table ($400)
4 $50 Gas cards ($200)
20 new company polos $300
1 Worlds Greatest Boss mug ($10)

So the office I manage currently has about 20 staff members out here on the east coast. Our new office has a huge breakroom that already has our new 42″ plasma and Wii set up for breaks and after work bowling/tennis tournaments! So the Wii fit would be a nice ‘match’ to the current setup and there has been requests for the foosball table since before we moved in.

The 4 $50 gas cards would be given away by name in the hat fashion. I have a few employees driving over an hour and would be a nice treat to them to get ALMOST a full tank of gas. Me I commute 10 mins on a busy day.

The company polos is something we have been putting off for a while. It presents a uniformed appearance when/if we get walk in customers. Which we are not normally setup to handle.

Everyone else seemed to mention a company lunch or food on company. We already provide out staff ‘company lunch’ on a weekly basis and this is a pretty good moral booster, that and the tons of caffeine we keep pumping into them.

And the mug? Well damn it I just got them all that other stuff I think Im a pretty damn awesome boss!

By: Mike King

Mike King — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:44:32 +0000

Something fun like a Foosball table or ping pong table. To me, its got to be something that has a more lasting effect on the employees. Books or programs perhaps if that is of interest to them.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:43 +0000

I would research what leadership/management books/programs where available (highly suggested by others) and have a training session to improve the employee dynamics in the office.

Of course management would be included but in a seperate session with the feedback from the employees so not to stiffle the dynamics of the employee brainstorming session.

Such areas that would be covered are; leadership, communication, EI, etc. such as “Primal Leadership” and “Dream Manager.”

By: David Zinger

David Zinger — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:27:05 +0000

Phil,
I love the question. It could be a whole new movement to creating a GRAND day at Work! I would see if we could use it for a community project that offers service to others outside our normal area while also building us as a team. Of course I would also keep about 15% of it for a nice celebration at the end of the day. I have seen that social project have been one of the best ways to reach all the different generations in the workplace to enhance morale.
David

By: moneypenny

moneypenny — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:21:53 +0000

Wow Phil what a kind boss you make. I have a very small staff of one, me. I do have co-workers all over the world though and I’d like to buy 50 dollars worth of underpriced shares for each of them. That or put it into a moneymarket account, grow it and then distrubute the profits.