There is something about celebrating that fosters goodwill and emotional generosity among the celebrants. Celebrating is perhaps the pinnacle of teamwork, collaboration, and cooperation for your construction company business and the team that forms it.
So yeah, let’s have a party and bring on the fun!
Who
Celebrate everyone in your employ and your company as a whole.
“If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” - Booker T. Washington
“Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.” -- Richard Branson
What
Everything worthy of celebrating
“Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.” Sam Walton
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” – Robert Breault
“Celebrate what you want to see more of.” – Tom Peters
When
Often
“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Celebration comes when the common features of life are redeemed.” – Richard J. Foster
Where
Wherever it is appropriate. From the office to a park to a restaurant to a rented hall and everything in between. Let the occasion, the weather, and the circumstances help you decide where to celebrate.
“It is proven that the celebration of birthdays is healthy. Statistics show that those people who celebrate the most birthdays become the oldest.” –unknown
“We were together. I forget the rest.” Walt Whitman
Why
To help build your company culture, reflect on what was good about the past and build confidence for the future.
“Exemplary leaders know that promoting a culture of celebration fuels the sense of unity essential for retaining and motivating today’s workforce.” -- James Kouzes and Barry Posner, in their book, The Leadership Challenge
“Celebrations are the punctuation marks that make sense of the passage of time; without them, there are no beginnings and no endings. Life becomes an endless series of Wednesdays.” -- David Campbell
How
With enthusiasm!
“Until further notice, celebrate everything.” – David Wolfe
Causes for Celebration
Here are just a few causes for celebration:
Project start
Project milestones
Project completion
Employment anniversary or employee milestone
Birthdays
Employee appreciation
Holiday party
The annual recognition awards ceremony
Your company’s anniversary
Your company has won an award or other mark of achievement
A team achievement
An individual has won an honor, award, promotion, or accolade
Have Fun!
There you have it. Take time to celebrate your construction business and your employees. Building your team is about more than creating efficiency and building skills; it is about making the camaraderie that supports your culture and your brand through celebration and in celebration. Have Fun!
Reflection: When was the last time you had a celebration party in your construction business? When will you celebrate next? What new celebration idea do you want to try?
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