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June,
2007 Welcome
to Leadership Hand™, a monthly e-newsletter To ensure receipt, please white-list our address by adding "Info@" plus our domain name to your e-mail address book. 1. Why Having Fun is Dangerous Are you someone who lives pretty conservatively? For example, someone whose expenditures of time and money must be pragmatic, practical, prudent? Might you also be someone who wants a bigger salary, to attract more clients or increase profits for your company? I can tell you how to get that. It's very simple. You probably will secretly like it on one level but resist fully embracing it on another. Here's the answer: Have more fun. In one study, for example, Sears showed that every five percent in "employee motivation" equated to increasing profits by half a percentage point. And the American Psychological Association published several surveys showing that productivity and profits are higher in companies where employees have fun. Did I start having more fun willingly? No. But I had a secret weapon--Cecelia, who is a senior vice-president in global consulting company. Cecelia delivered her practical wisdom deftly between my eyes: "You know how to work hard, now learn how to have fun." Since then, I've discovered that
Okay, so some of these are "girlie-type things," but you get the idea. Indulgence is fun! And counter-intuitive as it may seem, imminently pragmatic, practical, and prudent. Indulging in fun gives you breaks from the stress of working too long and too hard. Stress has been shown to shrink brain structures and slow brain cell growth. Having a good time does just the opposite--it can strengthen different centers in the brain and help it grow healthy brain cells. The bottom-line about having more fun? That's easy--all I have to do is look to my business' bottom-line. In the past several years, my company's profits have soared. So let me warn
you… having fun is dangerous. It will turn what you think you
know on its head--and you just might like the new view. © Copyright 2007, Beth Hand. Beth Hand, MBA helps leaders increase their effectiveness and satisfaction, now and for the future. She can be reached at (+1) 703.820.8074 or via her website www.leadershiphand.com. 2. Reprint Permission This is a copyrighted publication. You are welcome to reprint an issue on a non-exclusive basis provided you:
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