Plan an activity that gives your housekeeping staff members the opportunity to show their creativity. Challenge them to build towers out of bars of soap. Announce that you are looking for height as well as attractiveness in shape. Once the towers are built, thank your housekeepers with “Housekeeping: Together We Shine” Photo/ Mirror Key Rings […]
Set up an activity that illustrates the importance of working together. Build a tower out of supplies, such as paper cups, plastic utensils, etc. Have teams recreate the tower. Provide supplies, but make it so that no team can complete the task without exchanging some supplies with other teams. When the towers are complete, hand […]
Each year, healthcare facilities throughout the United States take the opportunity provided by National Healthcare Food Service Week and honor their food service employees. The week started in Illinois in 1985 and became an official national celebration when declared by Congress in 1989. Celebrations such as National Healthcare Food Service Week foster teamwork, lead to […]
If you want to keep benefiting from positive outcomes your team members create for your business, you need to provide employee recognition. Employee recognition isn’t just a nice thing to do; it is the right thing to do for your employees who help make your organization a success. Many surveys have been done asking employees […]
Big or small, it is important to any organization to have motivated, hard-working employees. When employees lose their motivation their work tends to suffer; they become less productive, less creative, and less valuable to the company. At the end of the day it is the business that will suffer the most from unmotivated employees. Here […]
Written praise is considered by employees to be one of the most valued types of praise. It only takes a few minutes to jot down a personal note to an employee who made a difference that day and is an effective recognition strategy. Here are some tips on how you can make written praise part […]
Employees won’t wait until their annual performance review to be recognized and rewarded for doing good work or exhibiting key behaviors and neither should you. In our uncertain economic times, one of the greatest challenges leaders face is maintaining a workplace culture where employees are motivated, engaged and perform to their fullest potential. On-the-spot recognition should […]
Boost the morale and positive attitudes around the work place with employee recognition award programs. Employee recognition award programs give employees goals to work towards, rather than punishing those who already may feel challenged in their current positions. Everyone appreciates being recognized for a job well done; and happy employees make good employees. Here are […]
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