Raise Employee Morale with a Creative Workplace Treasure Hunt

Are you interested in an exciting way to raise employee morale? Energize and engage employees with a workplace treasure hunt.

ConfidenceCenter.com’s Weekly Newsletter – March 5, 2013

Word and Quote of the Week

*** Fun ***

*** “To love what you do and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?” – Katharine Graham

Trivia Question of the Week

Q. How many calories are there in a glass of water? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)

Employee Morale Activity:

Workplace Treasure Hunt Gets Employees to Work Early

Contributed by subscriber, Mark Cooper

This creative idea combines suspense, excitement, thinking, and fun. This is what Mark wrote to us:

We had a treasure hunt that was a real morale booster. I hid a $100 certificate (indicating that it could be redeemed by me for $100) as part of our County/Public Service Appreciation Week. I released a clue via email every morning at 7 a.m. It took four days before the certificate was found.

(It was taped to the bottom of the shoe of another manager. Therefore, the prize was constantly on the move. All of the clues had something to do with walking, shoes, etc. The manager was on the second floor and it sounded like a stampede when the fourth clue was given and employees figured out where the certificate was hidden.)

The year before, I hid the certificate on the bottom of a trash can that was transported by our custodian while he emptied trash. He, too, had the opportunity to find the $100.

For a minimum investment by me, this improved employee morale significantly and we all had a lot of fun playing. The ‘Treasure Hunt’ also got employees to work earlier than normal because they couldn’t wait to read their emails.

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Answer to This Week’s Trivia Question

Q. How many calories are there in a glass of water?

A. Zero

Joke of the Week

Truth in Advertising

Driving along a country road, I ignored a Bridge Out sign and continued on. But in a few miles I came to a stop: The road was completely barricaded. So I turned around and retraced my route. That’s when I saw this sign on the back of the first: “It was, wasn’t it?”