Are you seeking more productive,
more engaged, happier and healthier employees?
Give them a
break............
Celebrate Recess At Work Day!
- A part of any good Company Health
and Wellness Initiative
Research shows that for people of all ages and in all fields,
breaks are considered essential for satisfaction and alertness.
Experimental research on memory and attention found that recall is
improved when learning is spaced rather than presented all at once.
Their findings are compatible with what is known about brain
functioning: that attention requires periodic novelty, that the
brain needs downtime to recycle chemicals crucial for long-term
memory formation, and that attention involves 90- to 110-minute
cyclical patterns throughout the day. - Toppino, Kasserman and
Mracek, The Effect of Spacing Repetitions on the Recognition
Memory of Young Children and Adults
And since research supports every good decision; and
almost every organization is concerned with the Health and Wellness of
their best resource - its people..................
The Board of Directors has declared that all employees should
take a recess on June 18th! Laugh. Take a walk. Watch a movie. Spend
some time with a fun teambuilding exercise. Cease from the day-to-day routine
for just a bit.
And this means everyone – even the boss! Call it Team Building. Call it Employee Morale. Just make sure you call it fun.
Today is your day to create team spirit, engage
employees, increase morale and share your fun side with the people you
spend the majority of your life with. Participating in Recess At
Work Day could
also help improve mental and physical health, which might bring down insurance costs.
Recess at Work Day should be a part of every
corporate Health and Wellness Initiative.
What is Recess?
Recess is a temporary cessation of the customary activities of an
engagement, occupation, or pursuit. Kids need it. Courts take it.
Everyone needs a recess. Today is the day the whole world should take
one together.
So whether you're a big business or a small
business; an entrepreneur or a student.......get out there today. For all you educators, do your part to
tackle the Youth Obesity Epidemic plaguing our planet. Here is an
opportunity for you and the students to become a bit more active and healthy.
Need ideas?
Can't come up with any creative ideas? How about one
of the following:
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Organize
a fun communications activity
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Create a
company time capsule
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Exercise
as a group
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Play some
good old outdoor games like tag, jump rope, or Frisbee
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Do some
volunteer/community work
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Take that
team meeting to a coffee shop or an amusement park
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Visit a
local park. Play a little, and brainstorm a lot; that next big idea
might occur during recess
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Engage
your group in a fun teambuilding event
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Take some
time today to start learning a foreign language with your co-workers.
(You'll be ready to transfer when your
job is outsourced)
The possibilities are endless. Need more ideas?
Check out 50 Ways To Have Fun at Work, Improve Employee Morale and Hopefully Not Get Fired.
Here is your mission:
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Enlist volunteers/participants
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Take 1/2 hour today to "Recess" from
the usual. Design it as a Teambuilding session.
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Those who do not participate need to be reported to
The Big Kid
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Rich DiGirolamo
Founder, Recess At Work Day |
Rich DiGirolamo works with organizations looking to increase
employee engagement, morale, increase productivity, and reduce employee turnover.
He encourages organizations to stop saying they want to have fun and
actually do something fun.
Recess At Work Day is your
opportunity to put up or shut up.
However, participating in Recess At Work Day is only the start.
Employers and Employees need to make a longer-term commitment to looking at the
issue of employee engagement, morale, health and wellness and how it ultimately impacts
productivity and the bottom line.
So when you're ready to learn more about Rich and find out how he
can add some life to your stuffy organization............
get in touch with him.
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Click
here to learn more about Rich and his Speaking services
So you work for a Weenie?
What!?!? Your boss won't let you participate in Recess At Work Day? Or maybe you are the shy, bashful type and do not know how to suggest participation in this great event? Let us know. We'll call him/her and be annoying. We know that the last words they want to hear are hopscotch and jump rope. But words like employee morale, employee retention and productivity will get their attention. Free and no cost also usually perk up the ears of some cost conscious employers.
So email their name, email address and phone number to
The Big Kid. We promise not to reveal our source. Cross our heart and hope to die. Or just tell the boss they need a course in how fun and games make everyone happier.
Do you need more information?
We thought this was a no-brainer!!!! You can
work or build morale for one half hour and get paid either way? But just in case you're still
not sure of the benefits.......................
Click here!
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