Public speaking is one of those tasks that make some people cower in fear.  Giving a speech is something most people will have to do at some point in...

My aunt and uncle called the other day; they were excited to take another weekend trip to spend some quality time at the casinos. They like gambling, me as...

Once a month, I go to a friend’s house that turned his garage into a man-cave pool hall. We sit, chat, talk low IQ guy stuff and shoot pool....

The other day I was sitting in the airport, waiting to board my flight. Sitting a few seats away were two business people discussing what I assumed to be...

Invest in recognition or invest in new people – the simple ROI on Recognition Even on its face people that are recognized are happier and work harder. Equally obvious,...

You can talk all you want to about creating a corporate culture and building employee engagement. But if you’re starting out with an environment of negativity, you need to...

When a company presents their employee with a cash award, the Internal Revenue Service requires that the cash amount must be treated as ordinary income by the employer. What are...

Many managers often find themselves in a position to give speeches to recognize their employees. These managers may not always be the most gifted, or talented, public speakers. If...

ATTENTION ALL MANAGERS. March 4th is right around the corner, and you know what that means: it’s time to once again show your employees how much you love them....

ST. CHARLES, IL (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 09, 2016 Recognizing that small businesses create two out of every three jobs in the U.S., and that 78 percent of consumers prefer to...

Looking for an easy, economical way to enhance your employee recognition program? The resources are right in front of you. They’re sitting in your cubicles and offices…greeting you in...

Once you’ve kicked off a peer-to-peer recognition program, your work is done, right? After all, you’ve delegated the task of acknowledging successes, so you can just step back and...

What’s Christmas morning without packages to tear open? A birthday without cake and presents? Valentine’s Day without flowers and chocolates? Everybody loves to get gifts on special occasions –...

Now that everyone from K-12 to grad school is hitting the books (or iPads) again, it’s time to brush up on your employee recognition know-how. We all remember the...

In a word, yes! Many of us remember our dads or grandfathers retiring from their companies after 35, 40 or 45 years…in many cases a lifetime of service. Employment...

If your years of service program is getting less and less traffic in the 20 years and up categories – what we like to call the “Everest Level” –...

Frequent employee recognition has a number of benefits, including increased employee engagement, higher productivity and lower turnover rates. However, there’s one drawback. When an employee makes a truly outstanding...

We recently covered pet projects, or activities and goals pursued as personal favorites. For many of us, the ideal pet project would be about…you guessed it, our pets! Which...

Everybody loves a great employee benefit package. But if it’s not being used to its full advantage, how much is it really benefiting your employees…and your organization? One of...

While you may have a rapidly shrinking pool of older workers with long tenures, you probably have plenty of millennials – age 18 to 34 – among your ranks....