Workplace Competition Ideas
Effective workplace competitions are fun, community-building projects that accomplish a business' objectives while alleviating the stresses and even the complacency of a day-to-day routine. Competition among employees allows people the opportunity to showcase their talents and perhaps even distinguish themselves among their peers in the process. Workplace competitions are useful for adding spice to training seminars, but they also can improve an individual's or group's morale as well as their productivity.
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Games
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Training seminars, meetings and other seemingly inane aspects of workplace life have a reputation as formalities whose very existence waste time. Yet, they are necessary because the information is vital to a functioning workplace. Games, anything from board games to quiz games, can be a welcome break from the everyday milieu of formality. Instead of reading a progress report at a meeting, then hoping employees retain the information, form teams that will compete against each other answering questions about the report. Not only will this competition communicate the information, it also makes employees visibly responsible for knowing and understanding it.
Abstract- and Critical-Thinking Skills
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Engineers, analysts and professionals of all stripes must engage in abstract thought in order to do their jobs well. Daily or weekly problem-solving competitions give workers the opportunity to get to exercise their brains while getting to know their co-workers. Though logic games, critical-thinking puzzles and linguistic equations don't make a person's brain work better, they do provide skills that are valuable in other areas, according to James Madison University. Abstract- and critical-thinking competitions help individuals hone skills in observation, prediction and reasoning, not to mention friendships -- all of which help a person do her job better.
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Fiscal Resourcefulness
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Companies in most every industry are getting leaner and more resourceful as profit margins get thinner. Encouraging employees to conserve resources by making a competition of it could save resources by holding people accountable for their usage. For example, challenging teams to complete similar projects as far under budget as possible will both save the company money and increase critical thinking and analytical skills by innovating more-efficient solutions. Such skills also boost an employee's confidence in his job skills and also helps him to work independently.
Diet and Exercise Competitions
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Physical health is an integral part of a person's well-being. Diet and exercise routines improve a worker's productivity by increasing their physical abilities and endurance, as well as their mental abilities, such as reasoning and cognitive functions. Employee health also correlates both with productivity and with the rate at which a company grows, according to Stanford University. Not only will these competitions increase productivity, they also could result in fewer sick days. To encourage competitions, offer timely rewards to employees who make the healthiest changes to their lifestyle.
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