RESOURCES IN THE HOOPLA! BUCKET:
 

DOWNLOAD: Post Dennis Bakke's Water Cooler Wisdom Posters on your team bulletin board!  Click here for a PDF of "Rule #3: Attempt to create the most fun workplace in the history of the world." (Note: you can download all 10 posters from Bakke's Joy at Work book website.) Order the book from Amazon here.
 

ORDER FUN BUSINESS CARDS! (See Idea #3 on page 148.)  Present your receptionist with a new title and new business cards, "Manager of First Impressions!"
 

ORDER THE BOOKS (below) and document your diligence by dripping your favorite ice cream on a few pages!  (Attn: Managers! Staff meetings at Baskin-Robbins are rarely skipped!)
 

DELEGATE YOUR READING! Ask team members to select a book from this bucket and share a book review at your next staff meeting. See the Book Bucket for more ideas on why "Leaders Are Readers." For a complete list of books from this bucket, visit the Book Bucket and download List #1 (with books reviewed through Dec. 31 of last year).
 

HOOPLA! BOOKS FEATURED IN YOUR WEEKLY STAFF MEETING eNews:
 

• Issue #36. The Carrot Principle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance, by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton (5/7/2007) - Read the review.

• Issue #129. Monday Morning Leadership: 8 Mentoring Sessions You Can't Afford to Miss, by David Cottrell (3/3/2009) - Read the review.

• Issue #180. In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies, by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman (4/11/2010) - Read the review.

• Issue #294.  A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred, by George F. Will (3/3/2014) - Read the review.

• Issue #321.  Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward, by Paul Johnson (4/1/2015) - Read the review.

• Issue #351. Outrageous: Awake to the Unexpected Adventures of Everyday Faith, by Aaron Tredway (10/27/16) - Read the review.

 

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