April Fool's day good for office morale

Sarah Drew of TheLadders.co.uk offers unlikely praise for the office prank!

Encouraging April Foolís pranks is good for office morale according to TheLadders.co.uk, the UKís leading, senior executive search and selection site. Playing pranks on colleagues obliterates stress, boosts morale, encourages creativity and improves team dynamics.

Sarah Drew, General Manager of TheLadders.co.uk says: ìApril Foolís day is the most light-hearted day of the year. Itís a day when anything goes and strict protocol takes a back seat. Fun should be intrinsic to any office, little things may seem trivial, but a lunchtime office basketball match with mini ball/net in a strategically placed area of the office for example, is a great stress-buster!î

Drew, who recently bought her team an individual ëstress toyí for each of their desks, goes on to say: ìWhen teams come together to create a prank, it encourages creativity, teamwork and gives the office a shared experience outside of the workload.î

According to users of TheLadders.co.uk, some of the most popular office pranks include:

* The fake email ñ sending your colleague a fake email from HR, demanding that they go to the HR floor to discuss their email habits.

*Keyboard quizzer - unplugging a keyboard can cause hours of fun.

*The Desk Move ñ moving the contents and desk of a colleague without telling them.

*The Fake Phone Call ñ pretend to be the new client behaving bizarrely.

*Dress code disaster - telling your colleague itís Hawaiian shirt day on Friday, when its a normal shirt and tie day