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The
Jungle
Focus on Recruitment, Pay and Getting Ahead
by
Kris Maher
The Wall Street Journal's Career Journal
February 3, 2004
 Seek
out games and activities that offer more than just fun.
"Often in training, when you use standard training
games, they can be a lot of fun, but they're not tied
to that employee or to the work that they do," says
Elizabeth Treher, president and chief executive of The
Learning Key Inc., a Washington Crossing, Pa., training
and consulting company.
While
it may be all right to play games once in a while, to
let employees blow off steam, such activities can be counterproductive
if staffers view them as a waste of time. In many cases,
Ms. Treher says, it is a good idea to make sure games
are tied to situations or information that employees are
likely to encounter on the job. Many games her company
creates for clients are board games with names like "Big
Buck$$" or "The Pharm Game," which are
designed for the finance and pharmaceutical industries,
respectively.
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