Product Description

What's the best way to revolutionize the workplace? Forget restructuring and reengineering. Have a little fun!

Imaging sendig a pizza to your assistant's home after keeping her late at the office...or writing a "thank you" note to her spouse for being so understanding! It's not business as usual, but as management consultant Matt Weinstein makes clear, recognition and appreciation can play a vital role in boosting morale and productivity among stressed-out, overworked employees. Based on his success with some of America's best-known and most profitable companies, Weinstein presents a step-by-step plan for building an enthusiastic, high-performance team and offers hundreds of tried-and-true techniques for enhancing employee satisfaction and personal pride.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #247843 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-23
• Released on: 1997-01-23
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .56" h x 5.53" w x 8.48" l, .48 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Founder of Playfair Inc., a management consulting firm, Weinstein has put into practice many of the innovative motivational techniques prescribed in this manual. The keystone of this approach for businesses interested in team building for increased profitability is "fun in the workplace." Extrapolating from the free-form corporate culture evidently prevailing at Playfair, Weinstein outlines programs, both short- and long-term, that incorporate the intentional use of fun and play on the job in a way intended to promote professional community and enhance productivity at all levels. In a sampling of case presentations, Weinstein demonstrates activities that soften initial skepticism of CEOs, suggest non-embarrassing ways for personnel to interact socially and utilize humor as a humanizing element. "The company that plays together stays together" is the motto of this creative approach to management style and job satisfaction.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
Jack Canfield coauthor of the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul Inspirational, upbeat, practical. I can't remember when I've had more fun reading a business book and learned things I could put into practice the very next day.

Dr. Stephen R. Covey Author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Provides practical, amusing solutions, using laughter as a common ground.

Patricia Holt San Francisco Chronicle A spirited and fun-filled book.

Ken Blanchard coauthor of The One Minute Manager Managing to Have Fun is a fun read, but don't let its playful tone fool you. This is an important book about a serious subject, a must-read of any manager.

Ingram
Pointing out that recognition and appreciation can be very important to stressed, overworked employees, a management consultant presents a step-by-step plan--accompanied by hundreds of additional suggestions--to improve the quality of business life. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.