Crazy Staff Meetings

Over the many year that we have been "practicing" our leadership skills, Chuck and I have made a point to make our staff meeting exceptionally FUN, instead of a boring drag.

We meet a lot as a team and in small groups who work on special projects.

Many of our best fun has come annually when we have to put together our surprise 2-3 hour OSHA/Office Emergency Planning meetings. We always pick a theme and incorporate this important review with some kind of game:

We have played "OSHA Clue", where we all dressed up as the characters from the Clue Game, and then we made a game board that was the exact layout of our office. We played the game in character, with dental related items as "weapons", and had a ball. To take your turn you had to answer an OSHA or safety question.

Another year we played  made up an elaborate "OSHA Jeopardy" game and we dressed as the characters in that TV show. (Dr. Chuck was a wigged Alex Trubec) We spent the afternoon yelling out things like "Sharps safety for five hundred!" and "Infection control eye wear for a thousand!". What a hoot!

Another year we played  an OSHA game thatwe invented much like "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?" Now THAT was too Funny!

We also close the office for a whole day, once a year, for a business planning meeting where we review our budget, plan for expenses and new technology, and generally brainstorm to improve all our systems. These meetings always have a wild, funny theme to keep things light and moving along:

We have spent a day doing our planning, while playing our way through a game we invented a lot like the antics on the  "Survivor" show.  We've spent a day together on our pontoon boat having this meeting. We've made field trip to places like our local hospital cafeteria to get inspiration,.. etc... etc..

The following photos are  a montage of many of these wacky and productive days that our team has shared. Enjoy!....