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Here is your Workplace Rewards Idea Bulletin for month of August.  Use your own staff photos and words, or suggested text below.
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August is Road Safety Awareness Month
Fact:  More trucks are involved in fatal multiple vehicle crashes than passenger cars.    2009 stats show in 30% of crashes, the truck was either turning or [...]

July 16, 2010   Posted in: Communication, Recognition, Safety  No Comments

Employees Focused on Key Performance Indicators, during this Economy?

June 18, 2010 by Mark Allen
During this bumpy economic ride, it is more important than ever to get employees all pulling in the same direction. And, yet, there has become so much distraction, added work and home pressures, increased accountability at every intersection.  In  a recent conversation, one Executive told me, “In thirty years of [...]

June 20, 2010  Tags: key performance indicators  Posted in: Communication  No Comments

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 and Health [...]

April 18, 2010  Tags: custom posters, engage employees, national celebrations  Posted in: Communication  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 industry  
Ladders, construction  
Powered industrial trucks, [...]

April 11, 2010  Tags: Employee, OSHA, Safety  Posted in: Communication  No Comments

Battling for the Hearts and Minds of Our Employees

January 25 , 2010 by Mark Allen
A sawmill in the Sacramento area struggles with its employee issues.  After years of safety problems, challenges with work performance, and negative attitudes, a recent decision at their corporate office sends a senior plant manager to Northern California, to turn things around.  His name is Donnie Macdonald.
I met [...]

January 26, 2010  Tags: culture of the plant, employee attitudes and work habits, employee communications service, employee issues, minds of our employees, Northern California, sacramento, the marlin company, workplace digital signage, workplace posters  Posted in: Communication, Leadership  No Comments

Employees Rally around American Heart Month

January 22 , 2009 by Mark Allen
Here are ideas for the upcoming month’s Custom Employee Posters.  Login to your Marlin account and upload your own staff photos, adding your own words, or borrow from text ideas below.
February is American Heart Month
Cardiovascular diseases are our nation’s No. 1 killer. To urge Americans to join the battle [...]

January 23, 2010  Tags: american heart month, brand creative, custom poster, employee posters, employees, mark allen, the marlin company  Posted in: Communication  No Comments

Engaging Gen Y employees with Better Workplace Communication

January 11 , 2009 by Mark Allen
Common symptoms of poor communication in the workplace may include lack of teamwork, reduced productivity, lower sales and performance,  lower customer satisfaction, increased accidents and much more.  With thousands of companies going out of business and millions of people recently laid off, now is a good time for every [...]

January 12, 2010  Tags: content management, employee communication, mark allen, minimum screen size, the marlin company, training webinar, workplace communication, workplace communications expert, workplace digital signage  Posted in: Communication  No Comments

New Study: 55% of US workers saying “can’t stand my job”. Is Workplace Communication a cause?

January 4, 2009 by Mark Allen
JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer, in Yahoo News states today, that US job satisfaction levels are lowest on record.  How much of this could be changed by the way we communicate in our workplaces?

Even Americans who are lucky enough to have work in this economy are becoming more unhappy with [...]

January 5, 2010  Tags: Job satisfaction, mark allen, workplace communication  Posted in: Communication, Leadership  No Comments

Brace Yourself for Return of the Job Market

December 23, 2009 by Mark Allen
According to an article yesterday in the Chicago Tribune, “…about half of U.S. workers are likely to try to change jobs next year.” For managers responsible for hiring, training or keeping employees engaged in the workplace this is should sound an alarm.
For most of us, the last two years have [...]

December 23, 2009  Tags: Digital Signage Association, employee engagement, job market, keeping employees engaged, management meetings, workplace  Posted in: Communication, Leadership  No Comments

Your Happiness ‘Wake-up Call’

Dec 8, 2009 by Ona Lage
Happiness is a state of mind.  Happiness depends more on one’s disposition and outlook rather than the acquirement of temporary comforts, possessions or position.
In 1996, a study was done by psychologist David Lykken to determine the role our genes played in determining one’s sense of happiness.  He gathered and [...]

December 9, 2009  Tags: autonomy, connected, Dan Pink, goal setting, Happiness, identifying, mastery, more engaged, Ona lage, pleasure, purpose, reward, sensory experiences, strengths  Posted in: Communication, Recognition, Self Development  No Comments

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