Category: Motivation

Professional Development Strategies For This Year

If you’re like most people, you probably made at least a few New Year’s Resolutions as 2020 was coming to a close. Unfortunately, most people’s New Year’s Resolutions don’t make it very far out the gate. They wind up being abandoned just a few days into the new year. If one of your resolutions focused […]

The Importance of Recognition in the Workplace and the Manager’s Role

Here are some statistics that may surprise you.  Nearly half of all managers say their own anxiety increases when they have to give negative feedback to an employee that reports to them, which causes them to either delay giving the feedback, or simply not give it at all.  On top of that, fully 40% of […]

How Giving Plants To Your Employees Can Transform Your Company

Mike Robinson and his wife run a small engineering firm in Canada that employs about twenty people.  Mike handles the technical side of the business, and his wife handles the people.  Several years ago, his wife, Suzanne, gave him an idea.  Why not give every member of the company a plant they could keep at […]

Inspire Your Employees To Care More In 2020

Multiple studies have shown that something as simple as placing motivational artwork on the walls of your office can have a lasting impact on both employee morale and productivity.  If you’re looking for a simple, cost-effective way to enhance your company’s bottom line in 2020, adding some motivational artwork to your office should be on […]

Brighten Up Your Office & Boost Productivity With These Fantastic Motivational Posters

Looking for a cost-effective way to boost morale and productivity and give your office a facelift?  If so, then may we recommend our award-winning line of motivational posters?  We’ve got something for every taste and preference, and even better, each of these prints come in a variety of framing options.  Here are a few examples: […]

Beautify Your Office With These Pieces Of Art

Does your office look drab?  If you’ve got cream colored walls with nothing adorning them and corporate grey carpeting, it probably does.  Neutral office environments are uninviting, uninspiring and unmotivating. Investing in a few pieces of inspirational art for your walls is a great way to improve the aesthetic of your place of business, and […]

How Stress Is Hurting Your Business (And What You Can Do About It)!

Stress can kill, and unfortunately, stress in the workplace is all too common.  It has become a simple fact of life in most work environments where it impacts both the overall level of health and well-being of your employees and their productivity, which hurts your bottom line. The latest statistics on stress in the workplace […]

What To Do When A New Hire’s Don’t Work Out

No matter how robust your hiring process is, sometimes it happens.  You go through the applicants as carefully as you can, you ask pointed, hard-hitting interview questions and then, the employee you ultimately select just doesn’t quite measure up for one reason or another.  What do you do then?  Tips on making new employees successful […]

Managers Guide To Creating Harmony In The Workplace

Let’s face it, not all workplaces are created equally. Some companies feel more like extended families, and everyone that works in a place like that reports having categorically higher job satisfaction, with predictable effects on productivity and morale. Obviously, you want your business to be like that. A place where your employees come to work, […]

Celebrate Your Employees To Improve Morale

Even if you believe that employee morale is pretty good at your company, there’s always room for improvement. Happy employees are more productive employees, and let’s face it, nobody wants to feel like just a number or a cog in the proverbial wheel. They want to feel as though they matter. That they’re important to […]