More Office Morale Boosters

Rick Reilly's column at ESPN about making the office more like sports generated some great suggestions from ESPN readers...

When everyone rolls in first thing in the morning the energy is always low. But suppose everyone stood outside the entryway at 7:59, and suddenly the lights went down, and the music came up … Annnnnd now, here they are, your office staff, at secretary, from Community College of Southern Nevada, Angela Harris. At paralegal, from DeVry, Stacy Neilsen, At Junior Partner, from Fordham, Derek Waldmann...

Employees should be required to wear black bands on their sleeves every time a copier or fax machine dies.

If your company has four good quarters, have your two biggest employees grab the water cooler and sneak up behind the CEO for a nice little Poland Spring Water Bath.

A mascot wouldn't hurt either.

Here is my original post on the topic: beyondtheheadline.blogspot.com/2009/07/improving-office-morale.html