Leslie Anne Yerkes's Blog (21)

(via Facebook) Three new videos have been posted to the Catalyst Consulting Group Youtube channel. Two recap the goals, and, principles, of my book, They Just Don't Get It, Changing Resistance Into Understanding. Thanks to my design guy Randy for elegantly creating a new format for the graphics.



This same subject will be featured in a morning session at 10am at the 46th annual Northern Ohio Human Resource Conference. (…

Anybody feeling spread too thin, with messages coming in via phone and email 24/7, with creative projects tending to stack up, and, not enough time to celebrate big and little wins?

I've been reflecting on this modern-day situation.

Twelve Steps to Fun



1.

Start with Yourself



2.

Inspire Fun in Others



3.

Create an Environment That Encourages Fun



4.

Celebrate the Benefits of Fun



5.…

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work (Leslie's fan page)



The 12 Steps - Step 12



Put…

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work



The 12 Steps - Step 11



Become Known as "Fun Loving"



Cultivate light heartedness. Here's a wild way to think of this: how might you put your 'mood' in the service of others, in the service of…

301 Ways to Have Fun at Work



Step 10



Smile! And Laugh a Lot



Smiling and laughing cost nothing, they need no special skills, and take virtually no time to accomplish. Yet a smile or laugh can be the most positively contagious thing.



Greet everyone with a smile, take the time for a hearty belly laugh at a joke…

301 Ways to have Fun at Work - The 12 Steps



Step 9 Make Fun Inclusive



Fun is for sharing.…

301 Ways to Have fun at work - the 12 steps



Step No. 8 Don't Postpone Your Fun



Don't procrastinate or postpone having fun.…

301 Ways to Have fun at work - the 12 steps



Step No. 7 - Follow Your Intuition. Be Spontaneous.



Use the elements of surprise and spontaneity to refresh your work and work relationships.…

Facebook Fanpage



NowHavingFun on twitter



Reprising the 12 Steps for 301 Ways to Have Fun At Work, here and on my Facebook wall.

Always grateful when…

301 Ways to Have fun at work - the 12 steps



Step No. 6 - Look for the Humor in Your Situation



People generally want to be around someone who is fun and optimistic rather than those…

301 Ways to Have fun at work - the 12 steps

Step No. 5 - Eliminate Boundaries and Obstacles That Inhibit Fun

Fun is contagious and electric. Once unbridled, it will travel…

12 Steps - Ways to have fun

Step 4 Celebrate the Benefits of Fun

Become fanatical about recognizing fun when you see it.

Angela Gann, manager of administration and training services for a…

Ways to have fun at work

Step 2 Inspire Fun in Others



Be a role model for fun. Encourage others to engage in fun-loving activities.



Recognize and support the effort of others in the creation of fun



Don't be afraid to appear…

Many ways to have fun at work, and, 12 steps.



Step 1: Start with Yourself



Don't wait for someone else to start the fun become the fun catalyst. Discover the fun that naturally resides within you. Each of us is fun in our own unique way.…

On Twitter and LinkedIn and at my shiny new Facebook Fanpage Stephen and me are going to be posting excerpts from my first book, 301 Ways to Have Fun At Work. My intentions are several: reseed conversation about the subject of fun, enjoyment, enthusiasm at work; set the…

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