Flip chart Feedback from Spring Harvest
What challenges have you encountered in the workplace?
Week One
Political correctness
Sreaming children
Horrible manager
Discrimination
Daring to be different / swimming against the current
Fear of being different
People
Multi-faith prayer rooms
Practical jokes
Bullying
Picked on and thrown out of my job for being different
Scapegoating
Gossip and lies
Unethical working practices
You have to look out for number one (i.e., you!)
Not having ‘the look’…
A square peg in a round hole.
Treated inferior at school
Tips on How to improve your workplace?
Week One
Listen to someone
Get some friends
Bring a smile
Have fun
Be trustworthy
Subsidised canteen
Respect each other
Let Jesus shine from you
Help each other
Be an encourager
Be consistent
Tell the truth
See Jesus in other people
Share – care!
Don’t gossip
Understanding
Loving
Say ‘how are you’ a lot
Help out more even with cleaning
Be normal
Make coffee for a colleague without being asked
Link up with Transform Work UK
Pray for your work mates.
Allow mistakes to be made.
Week Two
Model Integrity
Say people look nice
Have fun
Make it smell good
Pray
Keep Calm
Smile and look cheerful
Wash up
Say hello
Always bring biscuits
Say please and thank you
Make others happy
BE not DO
Let your light shine don’t try to be bright.
Make it clear that you never want to talk about someone behind their back and the saying of it stops others doing so.
Be kind to everyone
Tidy your desk and remove out of date milk from the fridge
Love your neighbour as you love yourself
Be kind
Clean up after yourself!
Pray for your workmate and your boss
Take a cake or fruit to share in the staff room. Love people
To look after people at work and pray for the needs of people.
Spring Harvest Week 3
Love your boss
Give free hugs
Give people chocolate
Speak to everyone at least once a day
Be thoughtful
Be happy
Encourage through telling
Smile a lot
Laugh
Bring in cakes
Be helpful in everyway you can
Boost people up don’t bring them down.
Pray for people with mental health
Sing in the corridors
Leave people happy, use post-it notes randomly J
Don’t feel guilty if you chat…
Pray for colleagues
Ask people, ‘How are you?’
Give credit for any success to the people who work for you (and bonuses!!)
Give credit and praise where it’s due. Also accept and declare your mistakes to your workmates.
Create a photo board. Promotes a sense of belonging (unity)
Greet everyone cheerfully and show an interest in their lives and families.
A box of chocs / bisc in the staff room can be worth more to staff than a pay rise.
Take staff on a day drip – IKEA works well for us! While there, pay for coffee and cakes
Talk to people don’t reply on notes and e-mails!
Smile – they’re catchy and spread for no real reason!!
Always say thanks
Encourage colleagues rather than criticise.
Take everyone out for coffee
Listen to people
Empathise with their feelings but remain positive.
Give a hug to someone to needs / wants one.
Be yourself and trust God in the difficult situations.
Take time with people
Haribos for everyone!
Pay rise… encouraging… make the team feel valued…
Trust those you work with
Sort out the core values, the essential processes, the statutory responsibilities and make them match the skills, responsibilities of people and the resources – communicate and organise fairly and honestly – make the expectations possible. DON’T make life / job impossible and then buy someone a cake!
Spring Harvest Guests, 15/07/2009