When was the last time you had some fun in your practice? If you can’t remember, you should probably do something about that.
Your employees need to have some fun. Your clients, too. And God knows you need some. Perhaps now more than ever. No matter how serious your work is, there’s always room for Jello.
How, you ask? Maybe there should be a CLE class on the subject. Something like, “The last laugh: humor and the death penalty”. Okay, maybe not.
C’mon, you can do this. Summon your inner child and let him or her, zie or zer, help you to remember what it was like when fun wasn’t a four letter word.
You might come up with things like:
- Adult coloring books in your waiting room
- Weekly pizza parties in the conference room
- Picnics and barbecues for clients and staff
- Christmas and Halloween parties
- Casual dress day and themed dress days
- Bobble heads on your desk
- Recipes, quotes, puzzles, and humor in your newsletter
- Take your employees to the baseball park on opening day
- Contests and drawings with silly prizes
- An espresso machine in the lunch room
Surprises are fun. Send clients a bill with an unannounced discount. Give them a small gift. Invite them to dinner, just because.
It doesn’t take much to lighten the mood in your practice, help your clients forget their troubles for a few minutes and make your practice a fun place to work.
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