Fun @ work

I truly learned to have fun and enjoy life when I joined Kingfisher Airlines. This is a fun organisation and full of amazing, talented, young people. Therefore when the airline was going through a crisis I decided to do something that would keep people engaged, motivated, connected and involved.

It’s the synergy that comes from people working together and gathering creative ideas that leads to long-term organization wealth creation. That synergy and “above and beyond” behavior is evidence of employee engagement.

 

Employees are in a highly engaged state when they are doing the nonjob roles. In general, we find that most employees have a sense of fairness, and even if their employer treats them poorly, most will show up to work and do the job role. But having employees show up at work simply doing their jobs gets an employer nowhere in terms of long-term competitiveness. If all of your employees show up and only do their jobs, then you are not building organizational strength and long-term competitiveness through people because anyone can hire those same employees and duplicate what you are doing.

Source: http://www.eepulse.com/

 

Some of the results I hope to see are:

- Breakdown of barriers - work related and personal related.

- Open communication at all levels.

- A positive environment at work.

- Continuous learning through sharing of ideas and experiences.

- A sense of team work so that there is less politics and more action.

- Happiness and Joy.

 

Some of the initiatives are:  

• The Library @ Qube where employees can avail of both management and fiction books.
• A staff recreation area where they can relax, take a break, chat with other colleagues and destress.
• Movie Fridays as this is a great opportunity to interact and make friends in a relaxed environment.
• The KF Book Club to exchange ideas and thoughts centred around a book theme.
• The Joy of Giving week where we spread the joy, love, care, concern and some of our fortune to those who need it more than we do.
• The KF trek club for the "fitness" and "not so fit" freaks. Great opportunity to promote team work.
• The intranet message board to encourage communication and breaking down of invisible barriers.
• The photography contest where we showcase our talent and encourage the artistic side in us.