Get Your Motor Running - The Benefits of Exercise at Work

At-Work Exercise Programs Need Not be Complex

It’s no secret – people want to know that their employers really do care about their well being.  One effective way, with countless benefits to both employer and employee, is to institute an exercise program.  Whether you’re a small office of 20 or a large corporation employing thousands, [...]

10 Simple Tips for Motivating Your Employees

 

Motivation is a beautiful thing.

Sometimes the easiest things are the most effective.  These 10 tips for motivating your employees may seem overly simple at first glance; perhaps you’ll say, “Of course!  Who doesn’t know that?” But these are the sort of tips that we often forget to put into practice.  Making yourself mindful of [...]

Motivating Your Employees: Turning the Below-Average Worker into an Olympic Performer

 

 

A Misplaced Worker is an Unmotivated Worker

What if Shaun White never became a snowboarder?  What if, instead, his parents told him, “Kid, enough with the snowboarding already.  Crack into those books and aim for a respectable job.  That sport’s going nowhere anyway.”  Jump to Shaun’s adulthood:  He sits behind a desk pushing numbers as [...]

What Makes an Employee Feel Appreciated? A Speak-Out

What makes an employee feel appreciated?  We may assume we know the answer to that question; we may even assume we’re doing it for our employees already, but are we?  I asked a few hard workers an important question: ” What was one thing an employer did for you that made you feel truly appreciated?” [...]

Company & Office Party Ideas #2 - The Winter BBQ

This part of the winter can get pretty tedious up in the northern regions of the U.S.  No doubt the entire country, however, finds itself restless for the more carefree days of summer.  We still have to wait it out, but a respite from winter, if only for the afternoon, could be just what the [...]