AIRED: May 16, 2022
SPECIAL GUEST: Bob Nelson & Mario Tamayo
Bob Nelson, author of the multimillion-copy bestseller 1001 Ways to Reward Employees, and human performance expert Mario Tamayo offer hundreds of practical, creative tips for helping employees–and their managers–make work more fun.
According to the employees that work for firms listed in Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work for in America,” the most defining characteristic of these organizations is they are all “fun” places to work.
Fun is the secret sauce every business needs to better engage and motivate its employees today. Work Made Fun Gets Done! gives readers simple, practical ideas for instantly bringing fun into their work and workplace. Based on examples from scores of companies like Zoom, Pinterest, Bank of America, Zappos, Honda, Microsoft, and many more, this book provides clear examples of exactly what managers and employees alike can do to lighten the tone in the work environment and allow employees to have more fun at work.
From AAA’s “Dump a Dog” program where workers can pass their least-wanted project on to their manager and Houzz’s complimentary office slippers to CARFAX’s themed-wardrobe Zoom meetings and Google’s company-approved Nerf-gun battles and paper airplane contests, you’ll find dozens of ideas you can immediately adopt and implement in your own workplace.
Work and fun have typically been considered polar opposites, but this book proves they can be integrated, in ways that produce more motivated workers–and exceptional results.
BOB NELSON
Bob Nelson, Ph.D. is president of Nelson Motivation, Inc. and the world’s leading authority on Employee Recognition and Engagement. He has published over 30 books that have sold over 5 million copies that have been translated into over 30 languages. He has presented on six continents and worked with 1000s of organizations including over 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. He is currently a Senior Fellow for The Conference Board, a Top Thought Leader for The Best Practices Institute, and has been named a Leading Global Employee Engagement Influencer by EE Awards, and a Top Five Management Guru by Global Gurus.
MARIO TAMAYO
Mario Tamayo is a Principal of the Tamayo Group, Inc., a no-nonsense, no-frills consulting firm specializing in leadership and organizational performance. TGI is widely known for using practical strategies that get positive results. With extensive experience in the human performance and organization development field, Mario has been training, coaching, and consulting with individuals and teams in leadership and communication skills since the late 1970s. Mario was responsible for several successful organizations, including The Anthony Robbins Companies, Broadcom, General Dynamics (GD), Genomic Systems, The Ken Blanchard Companies (KBC), Life Technologies, Mitchell International, PETCO, Prosciento, ViaSat, Zico Water, the US Men’s Olympic Volleyball team (‘84 Gold medal) … and more.
