Thursday, October 23, 2014

Not for the faint of heart: corporate parties


Not for the faint of heart: corporate partiesDo you think that such a corporate party? The ability to communicate with superiors and colleagues in an informal setting? Free whiskey? Do not be deceived.


Corporate events came to us from the great capitalist far. Initially they were considered to be an effective control mechanism, and remain so. Leaders of the new formation began to develop the theory of management and new ways of working with staff, part of which became corporate. Socially useful work, familiar to every Russian in high school (pioneer units, clubs, parties, later CFC), was transformed in the optimistic American concept of "community service", service to the society.





Teambuilding - trainer "brainstorming"


A few years ago, traditional buffets and banquets with the participation of professional entertainers pushed the fashion for teambuilding is another fiction of the American HR managers. This is a team game "stuffed", officially called to rally the team, unofficially, to assess the personal qualities of the employees, such as focus on winning, healthy or unhealthy ambition, willing to win by any means, to Express themselves through the middle, etc.




It is fair to say that the creative teams team building is simply necessary - team games develop groupthink, provoke "brainstorming". In this competition it is impossible to remain silent, quietly wait at the side, while colleagues produce a mountain of brilliant ideas. Excellent study skills and habits colleagues, and this will allow us to distribute the work as good as possible - to everyone's delight.





Ideological inside out


Ever since man began to spend most of his life in the office, there are several new mental disorders - office depression, burnout syndrome" and dozens of varieties of workaholism. But to work well, only the employee who is fully satisfied with the atmosphere in the office and their own attitude to work. To ensure this, as well as to prevent any kind of nervous breakdown - the first task of corporate events (read - festive therapy).




The second task is clear and obvious, but it has not been taken into account by the majority of employees. The events allow the boss to evaluate their subordinates in an informal setting, they provide rich food for thought about the personnel policy of the company. All sitting in their seats? Who and for what purpose "podmigivaet"? Who is ready to come tearing on the first call favorite company, but for whom thoughts about her exhausted by counting the remaining payday days?




If everything goes exactly according to the theory of management, at one point, our corporate spirit will rise to the heights of Tokyo skyscrapers. In Japan, you know, collectivism ubiquitous and already innate: every day after working day employees the boss or go without for a couple of hours in the bar, and on weekends the whole company go on a picnic and the whole life, until retirement, carried out under the vigilant eye of his superiors. The system is effective, efficient and suspiciously like Slatinska "We".





From the corporate ethics to the corporate culture


Statistics relentless and incorruptible. She claims that after corporate events (designed to rally the team, remember? ) personnel services together to start the paperwork for dismissal. How to make corporate celebration was not for you last in the walls of this company? It's easy. Corporate ethics and corporate culture separates one step, and only depends on you how successful and vzaimohriyatnyh will be the event.




Half of the respondents admitted that, being quite drunk, expressed his superiors all your thoughts, complaints and constructive proposals on a wide range of production and personal relationships. Do not lose vigilance, if the boss tells jokes, sings karaoke and awkwardly dancing with young employees. He sees everything, all analyzes and makes conclusions. Do not let alcohol to weaken the shield of prudence and not splash out on the chef of any excess sympathy or aggression. Much easier and wiser to swim in a calm emotional mainstream.





Relax and enjoy


Alcohol in General is to apply careful, even if senior management was generous enough first-class whisky. In Western companies employees on corporate celebrations much less likely to reach the shameful condition only for one reason - the cost to fall face in the salad, as it will notice more sober colleague and will not miss the opportunity to use this fact to their advantage. A pair of mischievous words superiors, and you will cease to be. In today's turnover to give slack a big mistake. However, to completely eliminate alcohol from the menu is not worth it. After all, in Russia it is considered that the non-drinking people suspicious and treacherous. Stereotypes and prejudices still stronger corporate ethics.




What do not give up - so it's from participation in competitions. They should be involved in each. To sit on the sidelines means to go across the company's policy and to show his indifference. Often contests are not highly intellectual, some are taken from the repertoire of second-rate wedding party, but... Nothing can be done, we forget about pride, to suppress intellectual and take the same part in the race in the bag backwards. Perhaps it was in this hopeless contest your leadership qualities will be revealed as never before?




Believe me, corporate parties, with all their components invented people stupid.




When the party reaches its climax adults and seemingly adequate reason, people start to play scary games with an emphasis in vulgarity. If your self-esteem can not afford not hesitate to refuse under the pretext "to get some fresh air." First, nobody will notice your absence, secondly, do not have shame to remember his part in the pantomime "the wedding night of Ivan Tsarevich and the Frog is Beautiful"




Don't forget that the next morning, the party should remain solely in the archives of your memory. The most reckless thing you can do with a threshold to remind everyone about how boss, tie one side, danced Gopak. Not worth it to refresh my memory of colleagues and those moments that he remembered very vaguely, but you - for life. Chaotic communication and compromising recognition should also be left in the past. And here we are talking not even care about the safety of their workplace, and common courtesy.




What to do if you do not prismlite collective forms of entertainment, if native sofa you prefer pintola with colleagues? All is well, if the boss behaves adequately and respects the desire of the employees to spend the evening alone.




However, practice shows that much more ardent bosses strictly chastises "shirker", deprives prize and at the first opportunity it gives the place a more proactive person. From the point of view of management is justified, even necessary step. Therefore, objectively, you have two options - either take yourself in hand, to come to the party and relax, or look for a new job. The second option is unlikely to help. But what if you do not suit the company's approach to entertainment events?




Well, the culture, as a rule, begins with a single person. Corporate culture is not an exception.






Author:

Pechorin D.


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