Ah, Summer! Remember running barefoot, eating popsicles, and playing kick the can until you were called home for dinner? Now, as an adult, summer has lost some of its allure. Days are spent inside looking at a computer screen instead of outside next to a pool. Recently, I took off early one day and took my daughter to get a snow cone. I felt like a kid again.
Summer is more than a season; it’s a feeling. Truthfully, we all need a little bit of “summer” each year to keep us sane and to keep our priorities in check.
How can you run a business and manage employees with a summer mentality, and yet stay professional? After enjoying that snow cone, I started trying to come up with ideas to help our whole staff feel like its summer at Propel HR:
Unfortunately, as adults, work has taken the place of our summers off, but there is no reason you can’t still have a little summer fun at the office. It will make you feel like a kid again!