{"id":3909,"date":"2014-02-04T08:12:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulbatz.com\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2014-02-04T08:12:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T14:12:18","slug":"whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the value of fun in your work?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Are the fireworks in your office celebrations or toxic fear-based rants?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe this work needs to be fun!!\u201d<\/em><\/strong> a coaching client barked.\u00a0 That was obvious.<\/p>\n

She was particularly tense and frustrated because results were suffering again. I had interrupted her toxic rant by asking: \u201care you having any fun with your work lately?\u201d <\/em>You just read her response.<\/p>\n

This difficult conversation needed to happen,\u00a0 As a periodic visitor, the steady office morale decline was easy to see and feel. To describe her team as \u201cwinners\u201d lately would be a big stretch.<\/p>\n

This particular coaching meeting had consequences. One full wall of her executive corner office was floor to ceiling glass. With my back to the glass wall\u2026she faced me during our conversation. Instead of radiating goodness, she was unknowingly spewing the \u201cI-don’t-think-work-needs-to-be-fun\u201d body language out into the open office air. And people noticed.<\/p>\n

\"\"At one point, I glanced at a happy desk picture of her family and wondered: would she lead this way if she knew her girls were watching?<\/p>\n

Last time I checked, we\u2019re all working longer and harder than we expected. Good results are seldom easy. What causes good people to try fear-based threats to spark a turnaround?\u00a0 Does toxic energy ever motivate winners?<\/p>\n

Digging through her frustration, we found bright spots peeking through the purple stink cloud. \u00a0We reflected on the value of encouragement and confidence in tough situations like this. \u201cWould it make sense to host a daily stand up meeting during this dark time, to ask the team members what progress we could celebrate today?\u201d I asked. She smiled, and replied: “Of course! Why didn\u2019t I think of that!?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Not everything about our work is supposed to be fun. And yet, this specific situation sharpened my point of view on good leadership: while \u201cwinning\u201d at work usually generates fun\u2026I don\u2019t see how a team can start winning again, without finding the fun first.<\/p>\n

So what\u2019s the value of fun in your work?\u00a0 Fun is fuel for winners. Can your team win without it?<\/p>\n

Good leaders make a habit of managing their emotions, because the whole office is watching how they handle pressure. And they understand winning only comes from encouragement, confidence and finding the fun at work.<\/p>\n

What do you do to remind yourself about the fun in your work? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI don\u2019t believe this work needs to be fun!!\u201d a coaching client barked.\u00a0 That was obvious. She was particularly tense and frustrated because results were suffering again. I had interrupted her toxic rant by asking: \u201care you having any fun with your work lately?\u201d You just read her response. This difficult conversation needed to happen,\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[80,70,107,40,69,78,42],"class_list":["post-3909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership","tag-developing-others","tag-family","tag-fun","tag-future","tag-goodness","tag-positivity","tag-team-leadership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat's the value of fun in your work? - Good Leadership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What's the value of fun in your work? - Good Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI don\u2019t believe this work needs to be fun!!\u201d a coaching client barked.\u00a0 That was obvious. She was particularly tense and frustrated because results were suffering again. I had interrupted her toxic rant by asking: \u201care you having any fun with your work lately?\u201d You just read her response. This difficult conversation needed to happen,\u00a0 […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Good Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodLeadershipEnterprises\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-04T14:12:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archivegl.unlabbeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul Batz\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paul Batz\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul Batz\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1e04f1dec941a3368ccc20d0c45ce7e8\"},\"headline\":\"What’s the value of fun in your work?\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-04T14:12:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Developing Others\",\"Family\",\"Fun\",\"Future\",\"Goodness\",\"Positivity\",\"Team Leadership\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Leadership\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\",\"name\":\"What's the value of fun in your work? - Good Leadership\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-04T14:12:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg\",\"width\":251,\"height\":201,\"caption\":\"Are the fireworks in your office celebrations, or toxic fear-based rants?\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What’s the value of fun in your work?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/\",\"name\":\"Good Leadership\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Good Leadership\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Good Leadership\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1e04f1dec941a3368ccc20d0c45ce7e8\",\"name\":\"Paul Batz\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/715f44aa740efff88ea201c09ee217527bc383d33cd54c87c7831137dd5ef80c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/715f44aa740efff88ea201c09ee217527bc383d33cd54c87c7831137dd5ef80c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Paul Batz\"},\"description\":\"Paul Batz is CEO and Founder of Good Leadership Enterprises. He is an inspirational leadership coach, best selling author and professional speaker. His Good Leadership blog is recognized as one of the top leadership posts in America today.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodLeadershipEnterprises\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/author\/paulbatz\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What's the value of fun in your work? - Good Leadership","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What's the value of fun in your work? - Good Leadership","og_description":"\u201cI don\u2019t believe this work needs to be fun!!\u201d a coaching client barked.\u00a0 That was obvious. She was particularly tense and frustrated because results were suffering again. I had interrupted her toxic rant by asking: \u201care you having any fun with your work lately?\u201d You just read her response. This difficult conversation needed to happen,\u00a0 […]","og_url":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/","og_site_name":"Good Leadership","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodLeadershipEnterprises\/","article_published_time":"2014-02-04T14:12:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/archivegl.unlabbeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Paul Batz","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paul Batz","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/"},"author":{"name":"Paul Batz","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1e04f1dec941a3368ccc20d0c45ce7e8"},"headline":"What’s the value of fun in your work?","datePublished":"2014-02-04T14:12:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/"},"wordCount":411,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg","keywords":["Developing Others","Family","Fun","Future","Goodness","Positivity","Team Leadership"],"articleSection":["Leadership"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/","url":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/","name":"What's the value of fun in your work? - Good Leadership","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg","datePublished":"2014-02-04T14:12:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/fireworks.jpg","width":251,"height":201,"caption":"Are the fireworks in your office celebrations, or toxic fear-based rants?"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/whats-the-value-of-fun-in-your-work\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What’s the value of fun in your work?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/","name":"Good Leadership","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#organization","name":"Good Leadership","url":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Good Leadership"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/person\/1e04f1dec941a3368ccc20d0c45ce7e8","name":"Paul Batz","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/715f44aa740efff88ea201c09ee217527bc383d33cd54c87c7831137dd5ef80c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/715f44aa740efff88ea201c09ee217527bc383d33cd54c87c7831137dd5ef80c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Paul Batz"},"description":"Paul Batz is CEO and Founder of Good Leadership Enterprises. He is an inspirational leadership coach, best selling author and professional speaker. His Good Leadership blog is recognized as one of the top leadership posts in America today.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoodLeadershipEnterprises\/"],"url":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/author\/paulbatz\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}