COMMUNITY BUILDING 138. Tailgate with Coworkers Have a tailgate party in your work parking lot. Use it to celebrate a big event or to offset the inconvenience of people having to come into the office over the weekend. 139. Get Lucky Organize a potluck lunch with people in your office. 140. Cook for Success Have upper management (or project leaders) cook a meal for 1 everyone when big goals are achieved . 141. Prove You’ve Got Talent Hold a talent show. Ask employees to share their unique talents in front of their peers. Solicit talents like singing, dancing, stand- 2 up comedy, spinning plates, or really really really fast typing. 1 The meal doesn’t have to be elaborate, people just enjoy seeing their managers in a servant role / wearing a sweet chef’s hat. 2 According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the fastest recorded typing speed is 212 wpm, held by Barbara Blackburn on a Dvorak keyboard. 81
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