January blah, blah, blahs.
How can we as HR professionals or business owners help ourselves and our
employees through the January blahs. This is a time to focus on positive,
creative and fun initiatives within your business. Here are a few ideas:
As with personal goal setting that often happens
at the beginning of the year, use this theme to focus on business goals. Just as with personal goals, these goals
should be SMART (specific, measurable,
achievable, realistic and timely). Put on an employee lunch ‘n learn
talking about setting goals both personally and professionally.
Fitness resolutions are one of the most common –
have a fitness challenge at your office.
Have a company New Year’s celebration – use it
as a kick off for your 2014 strategy!
Sponsor a Financial Planning 101 seminar as we
head into tax and RSP time – you’ll be surprised at how many employees are
uneducated on financial and income protection basics.
Bring outdoor sports indoors – organize a lunch
hour indoor mini golf game.
Have a board game tournament: chess, Pictionary,
charades, Trivial Pursuit, etc.
Enjoy a summer style potluck – bar-b-que theme…
There are an infinite number of inexpensive employee
engaging activities you can do to fight those January blahs. You even get to sneak in a team building
activity without anyone really knowing it!
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