Fun is Good

Mike Veeck

ISBN 10: 1594861528 / ISBN 13: 9781594861529

Published by Rodale Press, 2005

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Maverick marketing whiz Mike Veeck is ready to share his simple, fail-proof formula for business success: Make work fun and you'll create a culture of creativity that attracts the best employees and encourages customers to spend their money. Veeck stresses the need to reexamine the way business is conducted, from employer-employee relationships to customer service. The Fun Is Good philosophy has worked to make enjoyable evenings for all at Veeck's ballparks but has also transformed a half-dozen struggling or start-up teams into a thriving $25 million business. Peppered with firsthand accounts from businesspeople who have benefited from Veeck's philosophy, Fun Is Good is an innovative, off-the-beaten-track approach to getting the most out of your work life, in and outside the office.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fun is Good
• Publisher: Rodale Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594861528
• ISBN 13: 9781594861529
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Maverick marketing whiz Mike Veeck presents his simple, no-fail formula for business success: make work fun and you'll create a culture where the best people will want to work and customers will want to spend their money.

Mike Veeck runs six minor-league baseball teams, and for each of them he's drafted a business plan that begins with three simple words: "Fun is good." The fun-is-good philosophy not only has worked to make an evening at one of his ballparks--full of laughs, zany promotions, and free giveaways--enjoyable for everyone; it has transformed a half-dozen money-losing or start-up teams into a thriving $25 million business.

In this book Veeck, son of legendary baseball owner Bill Veeck, shows why an injection of fun, creativity, and passion is so essential to business success. We learn:
o Why customer service, the lifeblood of any business, suffers when employees aren't having fun at work
o How just a few people with the fun-is-good attitude can transform an entire workplace
o What companies should look for when hiring people and how employees can forge a fun-is-good career path.

Throughout, the book is peppered with vignettes, where we hear firsthand from people who have benefited professionally and personally from the fun-is-good philosophy and how they have applied it specifically to their own industries and careers.

About the Author

MIKE VEECK is president and part owner of six wildly successful minor-league baseball teams. Son of the late Hall of Fame club owner Bill Veeck, he has followed his father's lead, with innovative promotions that have been profiled by 60 Minutes, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, People, and countless other media outlets. He lives in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

PETE WILLIAMS has written about business and sports for more than two decades for publications such as USA Today, The New York Times, and SportsBusiness Journal. He is the author or co-author of numerous books, including Mark Verstegen's five-book Core Performance fitness franchise. Williams lives in Central Florida.