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Perhaps this is the exact reason why this process moves so fast and smoothly. As we get
\nolder, learning turns into a responsibility. And when something is perceived as a responsibility, it starts to feel different. In general, enthusiasm starts to decline if the subject matter is not something that we are very interested in or that we just have a knack for.
Numerous studies reveal that a person\u2019s creativity directly corresponds to the time spent playing at the earliest age. And we all joyously remember those days \u2013 our own or those of
\nour children \u2013 when we were making houses from colorful building blocks, solving puzzles, drawing, coloring, and playing outdoors with friends.
We even used to make games up: \u201cYou be the shopkeeper, I\u2019ll be the customer,\u201d or \u201cLet\u2019s play a game \u2013 you\u2019ll be the chef, and I\u2019ll be a customer who came in to eat at your restaurant.\u201d Further developing and upgrading of these and similar ideas in everyday children\u2019s games directly encourage creativity, bring about new ideas, and foster the imagination. Constantly maintaining employee motivation can be very difficult or, at the very least, quite a challenge \u2013 even for highly experienced team leaders. No matter how much experience you have in dealing with people, there are times when we go through what we call \u201cfatigue fracture\u201d. And also, getting lulled into a routine can be detrimental to productivity. That is why it\u2019s important to always grow and work on yourself, as well as everyone who makes up the team. These are some of the techniques that will certainly help with implementing the Play and Learn concept and that \u2013 believe it or not \u2013 are based on the learning through play process used for children.
\nOffer choices.
\nBy this, we do not mean choices like \u201cDo you want to do this or not?\u201d \u2013 this type of choice is not always possible. We\u2019re talking about the possibilities of choosing whether the team wants to first deal with item one or item two in a meeting. These small choices have an excellent
\neffect because they make individuals \u2013 and the group \u2013 feel like they do have a say and the power to make decisions, as well as that their opinion matters and is taken into account.
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Use teamwork whenever the circumstances allow it.
\nThe sense of belonging to the same team is very beneficial. People feel protected and useful, and above all they feel like they\u2019re playing. And play, as we noted at the beginning, encourages creative ways of thinking. Psychologists have found that when certain behavior
\nis stimulated, people tend to adopt it quickly. So if you praise them and have a positive attitude regarding their engagement, the work will be more efficient. As for the above, you can never have too much fun!
Assignments through play.
\nThis might sound childish or inappropriate for the workplace, but science has proven that converting an assignment into a game almost always makes the task fun. There is nothing wrong with assigning business goals in the form of games. For example, if you need to remember a huge amount of information in order to perform a task, why not turn it into a memory game? Or you can try the following approach: group people into teams made up of five to six people and task each group member with solving a different part of the assignment. When the team members all finish their parts, everyone shares the way he/she came to the solution.
\nIn addition to developing social skills and cognitive abilities, play and fun also affect emotional maturity and self-confidence, which is of great importance for participating in everyday activities and interaction with the environment.
\nBe as practical as possible.
\nYou will probably agree that it is very difficult to delve into something if you don\u2019t understand the purpose of possessing the given knowledge. And if you\u2019re a team leader, your team members need to look up to you. That\u2019s why it is always important to show and explain the practical side of what you expect, clarify, give specific examples, and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 always be prepared to answer any additional questions and encourage them. If you are dealing with \u201cthe silent types,\u201d think of a creative way to \u201cwake them up\u201d. For example, you
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The work environment must provide a sense of safety.
\nIf you want results, it\u2019s crucial that every employee feels safe in the workplace. By this we mean a few things: employees knowing that they can always say what they think, without their ideas being judged or ridiculed in any way; coworkers supporting and encouraging each
\nother (the team leader should also be doing this!) and knowing that, if they make a mistake, the team will stand behind them and offer them help in overcoming the problem, because anyone who\u2019s doing anything can make mistakes. In fact, business meetings can also be seen as a big playground. Of course, adjusted to the adult age.
A lot of useful things can be learned on the playground. How to share, how to solve new problems, how to build relationships with the environment… And how to learn from others. We often forget that. Of course, the concept will take time to \u201csink in.\u201d And this approach is definitely something that deserves a chance. We are convinced that it will result in higher productivity, creativity, and team satisfaction!
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MD Sara Smilansky, a psychology professor at Tel Aviv University, gave a description of the five basic types of learning through play nearly 30 years ago. And if we were to adapt them to the business world and meetings, their description would look like this:
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\n", "content_text": "The truth is that we never really stop learning. The only difference is in the form of conveying and receiving information. At the earliest age, children are constantly learning, but they don\u2019t perceive it like that. They learn through play.\nPerhaps this is the exact reason why this process moves so fast and smoothly. As we get\nolder, learning turns into a responsibility. And when something is perceived as a responsibility, it starts to feel different. In general, enthusiasm starts to decline if the subject matter is not something that we are very interested in or that we just have a knack for.\nNumerous studies reveal that a person\u2019s creativity directly corresponds to the time spent playing at the earliest age. And we all joyously remember those days \u2013 our own or those of\nour children \u2013 when we were making houses from colorful building blocks, solving puzzles, drawing, coloring, and playing outdoors with friends.\n\n\nWe even used to make games up: \u201cYou be the shopkeeper, I\u2019ll be the customer,\u201d or \u201cLet\u2019s play a game \u2013 you\u2019ll be the chef, and I\u2019ll be a customer who came in to eat at your restaurant.\u201d Further developing and upgrading of these and similar ideas in everyday children\u2019s games directly encourage creativity, bring about new ideas, and foster the imagination. Constantly maintaining employee motivation can be very difficult or, at the very least, quite a challenge \u2013 even for highly experienced team leaders. No matter how much experience you have in dealing with people, there are times when we go through what we call \u201cfatigue fracture\u201d. And also, getting lulled into a routine can be detrimental to productivity. That is why it\u2019s important to always grow and work on yourself, as well as everyone who makes up the team. These are some of the techniques that will certainly help with implementing the Play and Learn concept and that \u2013 believe it or not \u2013 are based on the learning through play process used for children.\n\nOffer choices.\nBy this, we do not mean choices like \u201cDo you want to do this or not?\u201d \u2013 this type of choice is not always possible. We\u2019re talking about the possibilities of choosing whether the team wants to first deal with item one or item two in a meeting. These small choices have an excellent\neffect because they make individuals \u2013 and the group \u2013 feel like they do have a say and the power to make decisions, as well as that their opinion matters and is taken into account.\n\nUse teamwork whenever the circumstances allow it.\nThe sense of belonging to the same team is very beneficial. People feel protected and useful, and above all they feel like they\u2019re playing. And play, as we noted at the beginning, encourages creative ways of thinking. Psychologists have found that when certain behavior\nis stimulated, people tend to adopt it quickly. So if you praise them and have a positive attitude regarding their engagement, the work will be more efficient. As for the above, you can never have too much fun!\nAssignments through play.\nThis might sound childish or inappropriate for the workplace, but science has proven that converting an assignment into a game almost always makes the task fun. There is nothing wrong with assigning business goals in the form of games. For example, if you need to remember a huge amount of information in order to perform a task, why not turn it into a memory game? Or you can try the following approach: group people into teams made up of five to six people and task each group member with solving a different part of the assignment. When the team members all finish their parts, everyone shares the way he/she came to the solution.\nIn addition to developing social skills and cognitive abilities, play and fun also affect emotional maturity and self-confidence, which is of great importance for participating in everyday activities and interaction with the environment.\nBe as practical as possible.\nYou will probably agree that it is very difficult to delve into something if you don\u2019t understand the purpose of possessing the given knowledge. And if you\u2019re a team leader, your team members need to look up to you. That\u2019s why it is always important to show and explain the practical side of what you expect, clarify, give specific examples, and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 always be prepared to answer any additional questions and encourage them. If you are dealing with \u201cthe silent types,\u201d think of a creative way to \u201cwake them up\u201d. For example, you\ncan start giving out candy bars to anyone who asks a question and make it a tradition \n\nThe work environment must provide a sense of safety.\nIf you want results, it\u2019s crucial that every employee feels safe in the workplace. By this we mean a few things: employees knowing that they can always say what they think, without their ideas being judged or ridiculed in any way; coworkers supporting and encouraging each\nother (the team leader should also be doing this!) and knowing that, if they make a mistake, the team will stand behind them and offer them help in overcoming the problem, because anyone who\u2019s doing anything can make mistakes. In fact, business meetings can also be seen as a big playground. Of course, adjusted to the adult age.\nA lot of useful things can be learned on the playground. How to share, how to solve new problems, how to build relationships with the environment… And how to learn from others. We often forget that. Of course, the concept will take time to \u201csink in.\u201d And this approach is definitely something that deserves a chance. We are convinced that it will result in higher productivity, creativity, and team satisfaction!\n\nMD Sara Smilansky, a psychology professor at Tel Aviv University, gave a description of the five basic types of learning through play nearly 30 years ago. And if we were to adapt them to the business world and meetings, their description would look like this:\n\nFunctional games in which children explore their environment. That\u2019s what adults do, too. We\u2019ve already explained the ways in which we become familiar with the work environment.\nConstructive games in which children learn to make or build something, or solve a problem. In our case, this would be brainstorming meetings.\nDrama games in which children pretend to be someone else \u2013 they take on others\u2019 identities. Have you ever wished to be the \u201cboss instead of the boss\u201d? \nSocial drama/Performance games. The most advanced way of play in which children imitate characters with verbal dramatization and fantasy/fiction. They take objects and give them completely different purposes (papers become money, a book becomes the rudder of an imaginary ship, etc.). In the work environment, these are situations where employees are asked to find a solution in an inventive way. For example, what can this new product be used for? Or how can we make our services easier for our customers?\nGames with rules. All those games that come down to the win or lose principle, while strictly respecting the rules of the game. You know exactly what is allowed and what is not, which helps to accept the rules in society. Let\u2019s say that this would be the company\u2019s business principle.\n\nThe post Help Your Team Members Learn in a Creative Way appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2018-03-28T16:29:50+02:00", "date_modified": "2018-03-28T16:29:50+02:00", "author": { "name": "Milica Novak", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/milicanovak/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/Milica-Novak.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/naslovna-35.jpg", "tags": [ "concept", "fun", "fun meetings", "meetings", "play and learn", "team members", "team work", "NEWS" ] }, { "id": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/what-most-affects-on-satisfaction-at-work/", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/what-most-affects-on-satisfaction-at-work/", "title": "WHAT MOST AFFECTS ON SATISFACTION AT WORK?", "content_html": "The survey involved various companies (car companies, banks, insurance, IT companies, faculties, pharmaceutical companies, hotels etc.) from the region of Southeast Europe.
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84% of them think work and pleasure should go together and can be mixed, within certain, well-defined limits. Since most people spend a lot of time at work, the general belief is that work would be unbearable if it did not involve a certain amount of pleasure. They believe a happy worker is a better worker, more efficient and loyal, and more successful in dealing with daily tasks and overcoming any problems or obstacles at work.
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A small percent (5%) thinks work and pleasure do not go together and that only extremely loyal co-workers with a strong character, who are very rare, manage to do so. The remaining 11% feels mixing work and pleasure is the result of sheer necessity brought on by the fact that the amount of time and effort needed to do one\u2019s work, results in having to mix professional and private life even though the two don\u2019t go together. They also point to employers who breach even the most basic norms of employment and by doing so take out every semblance of pleasure out of work.
\nBased on the survey results, we have made a list of the most frequent answers to questions about what it is that most boosts pleasure at work.
\nWe have divided these answers into categories according to their significance for workers, starting with those that have greatest significance.
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WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERE. Morning coffee with co-workers, a positive atmosphere, quiet music from the radio and working atmosphere, a pleasant working environment. A nice gesture from a co-worker, attention, humor, joking among co-workers. Good mutual cooperation and communication.
\nA DYNAMIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. New experiences, challenges, new projects, meeting new people, adopting new values.
\nRECOGNITION AND PRAISE. Awareness that others appreciate their work and effort, positive feedback and praise from partners / guests / satisfied clients.
\nPOSITIVE WORK RESULTS. Successful completion of a project, visible results of invested effort, successful meetings.
\nTEAM SPIRIT. Team work and team functionality, a management nurturing dialogue with the middle management and other workers.
\nTRAINING AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT. The chance for professional training and education, assuming responsibility and authority, room for independent action and possibility to implement knowledge in actual projects.
\nEVENTS. Celebrations with co-workers, trips / excursions, out-of-city / country gatherings, attendance at various events.
\nSECURITY. Job security, regular agreed salary, close-knit work team, working conditions and functionality.
\nCREATIVITY. Ambitious and innovative tasks, opportunity to express creativity.
\nCompany\u2019s positive gestures and organized activities best remembered by employees are celebrations, team building activities and trips.
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The celebrations listed are those around New Year, jubilees, Christmas, annual meetings, employees\u2019 birthdays, successful business year end, Company Day, Women\u2019s Day, employee childbirth events, retirement, etc.Trips include excursions, incentive trips, seminars, fairs, congresses, and conferences.![\"\"](\"https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/istrazivanje_5.jpg\")
For instance, surveyed workers remember skiing trips in Austria, sailing on the Adriatic, a trip to the cave in Kras, water skiing in Pore\u010d, an international employee football tournament, socializing with co-workers in the country and abroad\u2026 Employees also appreciate choice gifts with a personal touch, and the organization of receptions and cocktails by the owner or President of the Group.
\nEmployees are very pleased when their work is appreciated, when they are treated with respect in their company and when this is clearly expressed.
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In the employees\u2019 current situation, among the things that would positively affect their level of satisfaction at work, if we disregard salary as a key issue for everyone, are a good working atmosphere among co-workers, working environment, business trips, weekends, incentive travel, attendance at business, promotional, and educational events and lectures. These are the criteria which definitely have the greatest effect employee satisfaction at work.
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\n", "content_text": "The survey involved various companies (car companies, banks, insurance, IT companies, faculties, pharmaceutical companies, hotels etc.) from the region of Southeast Europe.\n\n84% of them think work and pleasure should go together and can be mixed, within certain, well-defined limits. Since most people spend a lot of time at work, the general belief is that work would be unbearable if it did not involve a certain amount of pleasure. They believe a happy worker is a better worker, more efficient and loyal, and more successful in dealing with daily tasks and overcoming any problems or obstacles at work.\n\n\nA small percent (5%) thinks work and pleasure do not go together and that only extremely loyal co-workers with a strong character, who are very rare, manage to do so. The remaining 11% feels mixing work and pleasure is the result of sheer necessity brought on by the fact that the amount of time and effort needed to do one\u2019s work, results in having to mix professional and private life even though the two don\u2019t go together. They also point to employers who breach even the most basic norms of employment and by doing so take out every semblance of pleasure out of work.\nBased on the survey results, we have made a list of the most frequent answers to questions about what it is that most boosts pleasure at work.\nWe have divided these answers into categories according to their significance for workers, starting with those that have greatest significance.\n\nWORKPLACE ATMOSPHERE. Morning coffee with co-workers, a positive atmosphere, quiet music from the radio and working atmosphere, a pleasant working environment. A nice gesture from a co-worker, attention, humor, joking among co-workers. Good mutual cooperation and communication.\nA DYNAMIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. New experiences, challenges, new projects, meeting new people, adopting new values.\nRECOGNITION AND PRAISE. Awareness that others appreciate their work and effort, positive feedback and praise from partners / guests / satisfied clients.\nPOSITIVE WORK RESULTS. Successful completion of a project, visible results of invested effort, successful meetings.\nTEAM SPIRIT. Team work and team functionality, a management nurturing dialogue with the middle management and other workers.\nTRAINING AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT. The chance for professional training and education, assuming responsibility and authority, room for independent action and possibility to implement knowledge in actual projects.\nEVENTS. Celebrations with co-workers, trips / excursions, out-of-city / country gatherings, attendance at various events.\nSECURITY. Job security, regular agreed salary, close-knit work team, working conditions and functionality.\nCREATIVITY. Ambitious and innovative tasks, opportunity to express creativity.\nCompany\u2019s positive gestures and organized activities best remembered by employees are celebrations, team building activities and trips.\n \n \nThe celebrations listed are those around New Year, jubilees, Christmas, annual meetings, employees\u2019 birthdays, successful business year end, Company Day, Women\u2019s Day, employee childbirth events, retirement, etc.Trips include excursions, incentive trips, seminars, fairs, congresses, and conferences.\nFor instance, surveyed workers remember skiing trips in Austria, sailing on the Adriatic, a trip to the cave in Kras, water skiing in Pore\u010d, an international employee football tournament, socializing with co-workers in the country and abroad\u2026 Employees also appreciate choice gifts with a personal touch, and the organization of receptions and cocktails by the owner or President of the Group.\nEmployees are very pleased when their work is appreciated, when they are treated with respect in their company and when this is clearly expressed.\n \n \nSome other interesting positive gestures that employees tend to remember are:\n\nPublic recognition / praise for successfully completed projects\nUnderstanding (when needed, during difficult periods)\nWhen the employer orders food or drink in times of excessive workload / overtime\nFinancial reward\nFree use of company content for all employees\nVacation bonus\nBusiness trip gift\nNew Year\u2019s packages\nFinancial aid upon death of family member\nClosing event dinners with reminiscence of stellar and less stellar moments\nSliding working hours\nPossibility of using the company car for private purposes\n\nIn the employees\u2019 current situation, among the things that would positively affect their level of satisfaction at work, if we disregard salary as a key issue for everyone, are a good working atmosphere among co-workers, working environment, business trips, weekends, incentive travel, attendance at business, promotional, and educational events and lectures. These are the criteria which definitely have the greatest effect employee satisfaction at work.\nSome of the additional items added to the list of things that cause increased employee pleasure are:\n \n\n\nBetter work organization, communication, and distribution of duties\nUnderstanding and support from the management\nAn open-minded approach to new and modern ideas / support and development of creativeness and innovation\nPraise of good performance\nPossibility of career advancement\nEqual treatment for all employees\nSupport and encouragement toward improved performance\nAdherence to what has been agreed\nPleasant and neat working area\nGreater visibility of results\nClearly defined working hours\nChildcare facilities at work\nLower stress levels\n\nM.M\nThe post WHAT MOST AFFECTS ON SATISFACTION AT WORK? appeared first on SEE Business travel & meetings magazine.", "date_published": "2013-12-10T11:42:53+01:00", "date_modified": "2015-04-07T12:26:21+02:00", "author": { "name": "Miona Milic", "url": "https://www.seebtm.com/en/author/miona/", "avatar": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG-20240224-WA0003-e1728981138373.jpg" }, "image": "https://www.seebtm.com/wp-content/uploads/istrazivanje_3.jpg", "tags": [ "pick", "Recognition", "SATISFACTION AT WORK", "team work", "training", "WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERE", "Statistics" ] } ] }