Comments on: More praise for Happy Hour is 9 to 5 http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Sun, 20 May 2012 05:56:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Zeke http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233193 Zeke Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:05:55 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233193 Hi Alex! I recently received a job offer and just had an interview earlier today... and guess what? The 2 CEOs interviewing me are danish! They were telling me about how they manage their companies and I'm hoping that I would get the job. Work will be just like how you describe in your book... and something I'm certain I would enjoy! Hi Alex! I recently received a job offer and just had an interview earlier today… and guess what? The 2 CEOs interviewing me are danish! They were telling me about how they manage their companies and I’m hoping that I would get the job. Work will be just like how you describe in your book… and something I’m certain I would enjoy!

]]> By: Gaurav Sinha http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233165 Gaurav Sinha Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:21:13 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233165 Dear Alex, I have not read your book (yet) but thought I would share with you my recent Happiness Program initiative. I own & operate an advertising agency in Dubai and as one can imagine, the ad world is full of tight deadlines, immense pressure and harassing clients - this usually takes a toll amongst the creative team plus the suits servicing the accounts - so we had to do something to make the daily challenges worthwhile. We have 25 employees and a typical calendar month has 25 working days. So, we launched a happiness roster where one individual is responsible for happiness every day and the roster gets rotated so everyone gets a chance to be in charge of happiness. So far, we've had the following things done by people to create a little happiness; 1. The Warm Fuzzies Bag - everyone wrote something nice about a person and dropped that note into the warm fuzzies bag - these warm fuzzy notes allowed people to read something nice about themselves 2. One of the designers held a magic show for everyone - everybody huddled together at lunch time to see talent usually left hidden 3. The Green Diet Day - from green apples to green juices and green peas - a de-tox initiative by one of the fitness inclined staff members 4. Everyone got AED 50 (approximately US$ 15) and were told to give the money to someone outside the office as a gesture of appreciation - the guy who cleans the streets or washes cars etc... 5. An auction of small items like CDs, books etc where the money collected was given to a charity The list is actually quite long but we all realised how the simplest things made people laugh and made the office a fun place to hang out - lunches got more animated, people stayed longer, individuals who don't necessarily interact made a bond.... it's been fun to see how everyone took this little initiative on board and made it a true part of our overall service philosophy. Gaurav Dear Alex,

I have not read your book (yet) but thought I would share with you my recent Happiness Program initiative.

I own & operate an advertising agency in Dubai and as one can imagine, the ad world is full of tight deadlines, immense pressure and harassing clients – this usually takes a toll amongst the creative team plus the suits servicing the accounts – so we had to do something to make the daily challenges worthwhile.

We have 25 employees and a typical calendar month has 25 working days. So, we launched a happiness roster where one individual is responsible for happiness every day and the roster gets rotated so everyone gets a chance to be in charge of happiness.

So far, we’ve had the following things done by people to create a little happiness;

1. The Warm Fuzzies Bag – everyone wrote something nice about a person and dropped that note into the warm fuzzies bag – these warm fuzzy notes allowed people to read something nice about themselves

2. One of the designers held a magic show for everyone – everybody huddled together at lunch time to see talent usually left hidden

3. The Green Diet Day – from green apples to green juices and green peas – a de-tox initiative by one of the fitness inclined staff members

4. Everyone got AED 50 (approximately US$ 15) and were told to give the money to someone outside the office as a gesture of appreciation – the guy who cleans the streets or washes cars etc…

5. An auction of small items like CDs, books etc where the money collected was given to a charity

The list is actually quite long but we all realised how the simplest things made people laugh and made the office a fun place to hang out – lunches got more animated, people stayed longer, individuals who don’t necessarily interact made a bond…. it’s been fun to see how everyone took this little initiative on board and made it a true part of our overall service philosophy.

Gaurav

]]> By: Ask M http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233118 Ask M Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:52:43 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233118 Nice one Alex. M Nice one Alex.

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]]> By: karl Staib - Your Work Happiness Matters http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233077 karl Staib - Your Work Happiness Matters Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:47:41 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2008/03/more-praise-for-happy-hour-is-9-to-5/#comment-233077 Congrats! It's always nice to see that people appreciate your hard work. When reading your writing, you can see how passionate you are about helping people work happier. Keep up the good work. Congrats! It’s always nice to see that people appreciate your hard work. When reading your writing, you can see how passionate you are about helping people work happier. Keep up the good work.

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