Bring Your Children to Work Day
“50 per cent of people here lose their hair”
That was just one of many very funny observations made in the Bring Your Children to Work Day board meeting yesterday! So how did it go? Here is a summary of the board discussion – where all the kids were invited to address the question “How do we make work more interesting?”
- Succeeding
- Having fun with colleagues
- Seeing new people
- Lunch
- Payday
- Interaction
- Learning new things
- Making new friends
That could be a great charter for any business eh? It’s a powerful list.
The kids were great fun. They let me know when they were bored and wanted to move on (love the honesty), and did a great job of participating and supporting one another.
Everyone made desk stands for all the mums and dads with their names, a picture and a description of what they do drawn on them*. We had a fund manager meeting and developed a new investment portfolio, and spent time on marketing and revamping some brand values too. We had a good fun trip out to observe some local history, and toured the building which gave the kids a great opportunity to showcase their work.
Several of you gave me some great tips either here on the blog and on Twitter and LinkedIn too. Thanks for helping co-create such a fun and useful day. The serious business of fun!
*On my desk stand Keira wrote “he makes work better”. I think I’ve found a new marketing director, what a slogan!
