Do you wish your employees would contribute their innovation and passion to your organization? One company is modeling a new concept, called FedEx days, to give their employees the space and structure they need to be more creative:
All too often, good companies with good intentions invest heavily in recruiting brilliant talent — and then immediately cram them into a box. Few people have the elbowroom and headroom to exercise (much less maximize) their passions, their full imagination, their extracurricular capabilities, their eclectic interests at work. FedEx Days offer a focused invitation to do just that.
Originally published on CNN.com by Polly LaBarre.
Marcianne Kuethen is a Senior Writer at Amtec, where she has written over 700 blog posts in the past 18 years. Her family has led the company across three generations, from her father who founded Amtec in 1959 to her son Barrett who serves as President and CEO today. Outside of writing, she makes art, music, and gardens.
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