The Admin Smile Programme has finally been launched!!

After our monthly admin meeting concluded, Mariana introduced the new Pearly Grey Admin Smile Programme, whenever Mariana turns up for a meeting with a sealed box and closed folders we know she is up to something!!

Firstly Mariana spoke about stress, its symptoms and its causes, both in the workplace and also in our home & social lives, she then went on to discuss how we can manage stress and to be aware of when we can feel a stressful situation developing. If you can detect the sigs of stress developing then you can take preventative measures to alleviate the symptoms, such as leaving the office and talking a walk for 10 minutes.

Mariana then introduced the first phase of the Admin Smile Programme, called Choose Your Attitude, its based on the importance of taking responsibility for your attitude and to work on it daily, we can have a huge impact on the attitude we start the day with, it?s a choice that we make when we first wake up in the morning, think positive and stay focused.

After showing us the Smiley Face indicators (mood badges) which we have to choose every morning and display in our offices to reflect our attitude for the day, she asked everyone to close their eyes (some were reluctant, myself included). Mariana then went round the room on a mysterious mission, all we felt was something touching our heads, when we opened our eyes and looked at one another we had a good laugh, and we were all wearing colorful hats!

This is the way Admin is celebrating Carnival! And the rainstorms and heavy winds will not stop us!!

?There is always a choice about the way we do our work, even if there is not a choice about the work itself?

?The attitude you choose is to bring your best self to work, and to love the work you do?.