{"id":2648,"date":"2015-01-14T11:45:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T11:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mydoorsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=2648"},"modified":"2019-09-03T06:18:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T06:18:41","slug":"fantasy-football-colleagues-comrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/fantasy-football-colleagues-comrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy football turns colleagues into comrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever glimpse a colleague furtively checking out their fantasy football stats at work? Don\u2019t scoff \u2014&nbsp;unifying coworkers over fantasy football is actually good for morale, as Business Journals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/bizjournals\/how-to\/growth-strategies\/2015\/01\/the-workplace-benefits-of-playing-fantasy-football.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>. In fact, one recent study by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantumworkplace.com\/?gclid=CLqjqofQksMCFdckgQoddysAmw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quantum Workplace<\/a> shows that employees who participated in fantasy football with their coworkers were more engaged while on the job by almost 12 percentage points compared to other employees who played fantasy football, but with friends outside the office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2651\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15445822444_089592f469_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2651\" class=\" wp-image-2651\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15445822444_089592f469_z.jpg\" alt=\"fantasy football\" width=\"430\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15445822444_089592f469_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15445822444_089592f469_z-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Plus, the survey, which addressed around 1,500 workers across the country, reveals another benefit: Co-workers playing in a fantasy league were found to enjoy greater teamwork and trust among their colleagues. (Of those surveyed, 16.6 percent participated in a fantasy football league, and of those, 51.8 percent&nbsp;were in a league with a coworker.)<\/p>\n<p>Though there are only a few games left until the Super Bowl, companies might still take advantage of the survey\u2019s results to bolster teamwork and co-worker camaraderie \u2014&nbsp;perhaps, as Business Journals points out, during March Madness, the upcoming NCAA men&#8217;s basketball tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies serious about culture should identify and foster opportunities to bring employees together and insert fun into the workplace,&#8221; Jason Lauritsen, director of Best Places to Work at Quantum Workplace, explains. &#8220;As you can see, sometimes something as simple as an office fantasy football league is a way to bring together your people and build engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The survey also uncovered a number of other fascinating football findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cNFL fans are more engaged than non-fans,\u201d reports the survey. 75.3 percent of the NFL fans rated as \u201chighly engaged\u201d compared to 63.8&nbsp;percent&nbsp;of non-fans.<\/li>\n<li>Those NFL fans who participated in the survey tended to have a more positive view of their employers, \u201cin particular their leadership\u2019s commitment to creating a great workplace.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Among workers who guessed a Super Bowl winner, 3.45&nbsp;percent&nbsp;more were engaged at work compared to those who didn&#8217;t guess a winner.<\/li>\n<li>Only 14 percent of American adults have played in a fantasy football league, but the business behind the fantasy is real: revenue has tripled over the last 10 years to reach over $1.2 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Certain teams were more likely to have higher levels of engagement among their fans: Cowboys, Panthers and Ravens fans were the most engaged, according to the study, while defending champions&#8217; fans \u2014&nbsp;fans of the Seattle Seahawks \u2014&nbsp;had a &#8220;below average engagement&#8221; when compared to other survey takers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies serious about culture should identify and foster opportunities to bring employees together and insert fun into the workplace. As you can see, sometimes something as simple as an office fantasy football league is a way to bring together your people and build engagement,\u201d Lauritsen explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever glimpse a colleague furtively checking out their fantasy football stats at work? Don\u2019t scoff \u2014&nbsp;unifying coworkers over fantasy football is actually good for morale, as Business Journals reports. In fact, one recent study by Quantum Workplace shows that employees who participated in fantasy football with their coworkers were more engaged while on the job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,14],"tags":[391,390,254],"class_list":["post-2648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-products","category-office-courtesy","tag-employee-bonding","tag-fantasy-football","tag-office-morale"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fantasy football turns colleagues into comrades - Mydoorsign.com Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Office fantasy football leagues can help employees feel more engaged with work.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/fantasy-football-colleagues-comrades\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fantasy football turns colleagues into comrades - Mydoorsign.com Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Office fantasy football leagues can help employees feel more engaged with work.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mydoorsign.com/blog\/fantasy-football-colleagues-comrades\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mydoorsign.com Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/doorsigns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-14T11:45:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-03T06:18:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/149b81.p3cdn1.secureserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/15445822444_089592f469_z.jpg?time=1722558870\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"489\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katy B. 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