Nov 28 2008
Small Business: Successfully balance fun and holiday excitement with work
The holiday season is fun for most people. Although they are stressful times we all get caught up in the excitement and anticipation of all that will transpire over the next month or so.
As an employer this is a stressful time for added reasons. Like I said, we all get distracted. However, distractions get expensive when productivity is affected.
I find that I have to relax and go with the flow to a certain extent. If I see that non-work activities are getting out of hand I gently guide everyone back to the tasks at hand. In fact, I join into the chitchat now and then.
We all decorated for Christmas today and it was a lot of fun. It added to the fun of the holidays and showed the employees that it is OK to mix fun and work as long as the time allows. So far all is going well but if we get carried away at anytime I’m sure that the customers will bring us back to reality.
The idea is to get the customers to feel the happiness and tranquility of our business. If we can find that balance we all win.
