Recognize, Recharge and Retain Employees
Older Bloggers have more fun? Yes, indeed.
In my Inspired Employee blog there are so many issues that affect us as workers, older workers, communicators, and people from many generations. In this blog, age is one of the many factors that contribute to a diverse workforce, along with culture, location, background, education, outlook, experience and more. [...]
You can get into a rut! Information is bombarding you everyday. But to develop your analysis of any situation you must enhance your critical thinking skills. It isn’t part of many college curriculums and you can turn into a “YES MAN” without it! It isn’t painful, here are some activities you can add easily:
Move from [...]
This kind of event is an excellent team building service project to have with a work group. Our troops really enjoy knowing that we think of them and want to show our support. There are also many activities that need to be done in this project and many times avaialbe during the last week in August. I’m [...]
Volunteering can be a HUGE asset to your work and enhance your skill sets. You can “fill in the blanks” during lay-offs by volunteering and meet a new set of interesting engaged co-workers. Volunteer associations can offer many benefits to those who participate in the actual associations activities.
There are so many types of organizations!
o Local Community [...]
I find this inspiring. I think knowing what you WANT in life helps make it happen. It is the same with goals people understand at work. So many messes can be cleaned up with clear communication. So think about what you want. Make a Bucket List, here is a page to help you: http://www.squidoo.com/100things
Speaking in public?Here are some tips from a master that was determined to learn the “secret”. Author: Guy Kawasaki. You can follow him on twitter (@GuyKawasaki) where he posts the most and best in 140 characters or less!
When I started public speaking in about 1986, I was deathly afraid of public speaking—for one thing, working [...]
Do you have a ton of work specific acronyms? Have you ever said “Please run a TPS report?” If you want everyone to know what you are talking about, define your terms in the documents you use.
It is easy to do, just build a table with the acronym in one column the definition in the [...]
Each Day listed below, can be the spring board to a fun employee celebration. This is a great time for a picnic, Popsicles at work, or some patriotic music to “wake up” your first team meeting of July 4. These team building events are so important. Make sure to plan ahead AND announce the event [...]
Many companies encourage volunteering in the community. There are so many great reasons to do this: building strong ties, learning about neighborhood events, sponsoring worthy causes, giving time instead of dollars, getting your company name highlighted as a sponsor, learning new skills, and building strong teams within your company.
If you have a engaged group of [...]
Wells Fargo revels in its history, it is part of everything they do. It is a point of pride for the team members and it is a starting point for community involvement. From plush Pony toys to coffee mugs with graphical stage coach designs, they use branding and visual displays to reinforce the long proud [...]
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