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Give Your Employees 24 Hours to Work on Anything They Want – on One Condition

Here’s a staff-management exercise that could pay off big for your shop.

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3 years ago

August 26, 2021

Signs of the Times Staff Signs of the Times September 2021 Issue

Try a “FedEx Day”

This concept, popularized by author Daniel Pink, involves giving your employees free time to come up with something innovative that can be implemented in your business. Set aside a 24-hour period when employees can work on anything they choose. Make sure they have the tools and resources they need and impose just one rule: They must deliver something — a new idea, a better internal process, a service innovation or a new way to treat and interact with customers — by the following day (just as FedEx does). The results might amaze you.
SOURCE: Daniel Pink, from Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

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