Archive for the ‘Team Building’ Category

Create a Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration…

January 15, 2010 …as a reward for your employees or your clients.  Saint Patrick’s day is the first major holiday of the spring season and instantly lends itself to a fun theme party that everyone can enjoy.

January 15, 2010   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition, Team Building  No Comments

Survey of 5 million workers released. Any surprises?

November 30, 2009 by Mark Allen Just this month, Watson Wyatt released their survey of 328 companies from around the world representing nearly 5 million workers.  Straight from the report: • Effective employee communication is a leading indicator of financial performance and a driver of employee engagement. Companies that are highly effective communicators had 47% [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Loyalty, Motivation, Recognition, Team Building  No Comments

ECS Training Webinar Video: Getting the most from your Electronic Communication Station (Digital Signage)

November 19, 2009 by Mark Allen We are pleased to report 26 attendees for yesterdays live training webinar.  The regular online training is provided monthly to our ECS Digital Signage (Electronic Communication Station) customers, assuring maximum results engaging employees to higher levels of performance and productivity. The session was hosted by Mark Allen and Mary O’brien, [...]

November 20, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Be Involved, Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition, Safety, Team Building  No Comments

Custom Employee Poster Ideas for December 2009

November 16, 2009 by Mark Allen Here are ideas for December Custom Employee Posters.  Login to your Marlin account and upload your own staff photos.  Add your own words, or borrow from text ideas below. ____________________________________________________________________ December is International Sharps Injury Prevention and Awareness Month It occurs in just a fraction of a second — first, you [...]

November 17, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Communication, Events & Ideas, Recognition, Safety, Team Building, Wellness  No Comments

Social Networking in the Workplace

Sept 4, 2009 by Mark Allen     Found on www.znet.com.  McKesson CIO Randall Spratt makes logical points in this interview about how social interaction is key to any successful work environment.  To that end, McKesson is investing in collaboration and video networking tools to encourage communication between employees, especially those who work remotely.  Is your Workplace culture ready [...]

September 4, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Communication, Team Building  No Comments

Get Rid of the Studies and Jargon! Get Back to Basics … Engaging 101

Sept 3, 2009 by Denise Corcoran It’s a rare day that I don’t run across a new employee engagement study from the so-called “experts” … now to the point of ad nauseum. Don’t get me wrong.  I’m all for engagement studies and the insights they can give us … to a point.   I also [...]

September 3, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Communication, Team Building  No Comments

National Health Center Week Aug 9-15, 2009

July 4, 2009 by Mark Allen The second week of August each year is dedicated to recognizing the service and contributions of private and public Health Centers providing affordable health care to medically disadvantaged in our country. This year’s commemoration is especially important as we set our sights on the goals of providing ACCESS for [...]

July 4, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Team Building  No Comments