Archive for April, 2010

Health and wellbeing ~ a clarion call for employers to review health plan strategies

April 19, 2010 by Ona Lage The importance of good health and exercise affects more than just our physical wellbeing – it benefits our state of mind, increases productivity, enhances self-esteem, and more. May is a month for recognizing and encouraging health and wellbeing ~ physically and mentally.  Both National Physical Fitness and National Mental [...]

April 19, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Ten Ideas to Engage Employees: Month of May

April 18, 2010 by Mark Allen Here are nation wide celebrations for the month of May.  Pick one and create eye grabbing custom posters using your own employees!  Login to your Marlin account and upload your own staff photos, adding your own words or borrow from text ideas below. May 2-8  North American Occupational Safety [...]

April 18, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Motivation, Recognition, Team Building  No Comments

Marlin Best Practice Webinar: Engaging employees to Health and Wellness

Save the date now for May’s live online training.  You are invited to attend and invite as many people as you like.  Advance registration required, click below. AGENDA: “Engaging employees to Health and Wellness – ECS Training” Meeting Description: Fact filled 45 minute intermediate level training covers WHY and HOW to improve employee vitality.  Geared toward [...]

April 17, 2010   Posted in: Be Involved, Events & Ideas, Team Building, Wellness  One Comment

Workplace Digital Messaging Like a Steak Knife

January 25 , 2010 by Mark Allen A customer of mine owns a chain of 17 hospitals, and is currently researching upgrade to Digital Messaging to improve internal communications.  Earlier today, their VP of Operations emailed me a link asking how we stack up next to of one of our “competitors”.  Turns out, it was a pretty good article posted on Digital Signage [...]

April 17, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

OSHA: TOP TEN Safety violations for 2009

April 10 , 2010 by Mark Allen How’s your employee safety record faring in 2010?  As found on www.OSHA.gov, the following were the top 10 most frequently cited standards in fiscal year 2009. Scaffolding, general requirements, construction Fall protection, construction Hazard communication standard, general industry   Respiratory protection, general industry   Control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), general [...]

April 11, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Communication  No Comments