What is a cool moral and how do you create one?  First, an introduction to 'moral'. Next, something about how to get good morals. And finally something about how to maintain the moral that makes everyone (colleagues, managers and customers) comfortable. First, introduction to moral A moral is like the human immune system. The immune system is what ensures that we have a defense against diseases. Morale is also resilient and can withstand a myriad of unforeseen and planned events. A bad moral can rarely withstand just a few sick calls, a small lack of goods and a short-term IT breakdown. The reactions of the employees are violent and dramatic. The veneer is thin. The fuse is short. The nerves are on the outside of the clothes. The stronger a moral the better the defense against all challenges - canceled orders, pandemic, new and complicated laws, climate change and hacker attacks. 'Morality' means manners, character and orderly and correct behavior in the face of, for ex...

Have this great workshop with only a quote:  Yes, quotes like this really makes a difference. But only a small one. Very small to be honest. But this quote could be the intro to a workshop that involves all team members.   If you have a democracy in your workplace that allows everyone to speek and ventilate ideas and thoughts and problems - try it. Here comes a small plan: Start by showing the quote. Tell your team that wellbeing at work is essential to productivity and customer satisfaction. Ask: So what do you see when you read this quote? 10 usable statements Acknowledge every message by saying: Good point. Very accurate. I like it. Now tell them that you are all going to work with how the environment works. The workshop must end up with 10 statements ready for use by everybody - especially the leader - to follow. Workshop target The target of the workshop is to find answers and actions to: This is how we like it. This is how we prefer the climate. This is the behaviour we ...

Do you have to play at work or is it just bullshit?:  When you're at work, you don't play. There is no time for that. It is unproductive. Play is nonsense.  This is not correct: At work you have to play. There must be time for play. Play is very productive. Play must also be silly. Play leads to something serious. Play is the way to explore several possibilities - alone or together with several colleagues or the whole team. Here comes, for example, a vital game. A game that is so proven that success is guaranteed. It requires no aids. It requires no handouts. It does not require a stopwatch. It only requires a leader who can start it, explain it and review it with the team. Here comes the game in all its simplicity: Ask your participants to stand in pairs facing each other with a distance of 1 meter. They will now try a game that is about counting to three. The game gets a little more difficult along the way. But first one partner must say 1. Then the other partner says 2. The...