Office Morale Ideas
If you want to have a dynamic, exciting, enthusiastic workplace, then it is important to keep office morale high. The more ideas you have, the better. Ideas can come from employees, management,or the CEO, as long as they contribute to the well-being of the employees by contributing to workplace morale. Everyone should have an opportunity to submit morale-building ideas. When an idea is implemented, an employee is more likely to contribute more ideas and see his own morale increased by the process.
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Scavenger Hunt
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One office morale idea is to have a scavenger hunt. Employees should be divided into teams while they search the building looking for a list of items. Each team should have a different list of items. The first team to locate every item on their list and return to their starting point wins the competition. A competition such as this allows everyone to get involved and work together as a team.
Team Meeting
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Allow an employee, other than the manager, the opportunity to facilitate a team meeting. This gives other employees a chance to develop leadership skills by fulfilling a role usually handled by the manager. If employees are able to lead a meeting and implement their own ideas and methods, they are more likely to be more involved in team meetings in the future, which increases morale.
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Awards Ceremony
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Have a quarterly awards ceremony for the top performers in the company. Each team within the company will be responsible for hosting the ceremony using a different theme, such as a 1970s theme or a Hawaiian theme. Everyone can dress according to the theme, and you can have different skits and programs to recognize employees for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the company.
Food
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Have each member of a team or department bring in a special food as a way of establishing rapport between employees. Everyone will get the opportunity to sample all of the treats during lunchtime or break. Many people will have a chance to share their recipes and build camaraderie throughout the department. This type of activity helps to decrease the stress presented by a challenging work environment.
Dress Down
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Allow employees to have a dress-down week. Whenever employees are allowed to wear jeans and tennis shoes to work, they become more relaxed, which contributes to a fun-filled environment.
Gift Exchange
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Have a gift exchange during the holidays. Each employee can put his name in a hat and pick a name out of the hat. You will purchase a gift for the person you select from the hat. This creates excitement for everyone in the office as they anticipate receiving a gift during holiday time.
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