Ways of Bringing Laughter into the Workplace

1. Have a "Thanks in Advance" party for an employee on the day he/she joins the organization.
2. Celebrate employees birthdays.
3. Put together a "stress support kit" that can be handed out (or requested) by an employee under pressure or stress. Contents could include comedy CD's or DVD's, books, candy, chewing gum, a small dartboard, worry beads, etc.
4. Put up a "humor board" in the office where people can pin up cartoons, jokes, etc.
5. Have a weekly or monthly humor contest where people for $1 or $2, can submit a joke or cartoon, and everyone in contest votes on them and the winner gets the money.
6. From the humor contest keep a "Humor Book" where all the jokes and cartoons can be kept.
7. Have an actual "Stress Relief Station," which can be a room or corner at work where the employee can to listen to comedy CD's, or read funny books, paint, draw, play with clay, or just come to laugh.
8. Encourage each other to establish or take a "Call in Well day," where people can take time to seriously enjoy themselves.

Jana Ruth author of http://www.janaruth.biz/

http://laughingworld.blogspot.com

Author of "Laugh and Live Happier: P.L.A.Y.S. for Life