10 Morale & Productivity Tools for St Patrick’s Day

Here are 10 quotes and articles to help you and your team celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.  Each has the potential to prompt a bit of learning and a bit of laughter.  Great for morale, productivity and overall performance.

Add fun treats like shamrock cookies, green beer and lime sherbert floats if desired.

1.    Business Lessons from St. Patrick.  Whether you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day or not – his story provides good lessons in business.  Lessons that can help with morale and productivity so that you can hang in there even when pesky problems stand in the way of success.  Read more.

2.  Don’t Let the Leprechaun Trick You.  Have you ever identified a goal or a dream,  maybe even gotten close and then …  it’s gone.  Could be a tricky leprechaun at work.  Don’t let him do that to you again.  Get tips for you and your team here.

3.  A great reinforcement piece for the leprechaun article (in #2)  is:

Post this to your computer screen.  See instructions below.  Post it on bulletin boards too.  For a printable version, use this link to PDF above quote.

4.  An excellent companion piece to the above quote is this article:  8 Boomers Who Punched the Leprechaun in the Nose 

5.  A favorite quote from Dolly Parton: 

  If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain.

Post this to your computer screen.  See instructions below.  Post it on bulletin boards too.  For a printable version, use this link.

6. An excellent companion piece to the above quote is this article10 Tips for Finding Pots of Gold.

7.  A fun companion piece to #5 & #6 is this:  Brainteaser just for St Patricks Day

8.  A fun message to open or close a staff meeting or simply post on the wall:

May your troubles be as few & far between as your Grandmother's teeth.

Post this to your computer screen.  See instructions below.  Post it on bulletin boards too.  For a printable version, use this link.

9.  Another fun message to open or close a staff meeting or simply post on the wall:

Post this to your computer screen.  See instructions below.  Post it on bulletin boards too.  For a printable version, use this link.

10.  And last – our current Quote of the Week – another fun message to use during a staff meeting or simply post on the wall.

As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction.

 

To Remind & Reinforce

Computer screens are a perfect place to post important reminders. The quotes above can become wallpaper for your computer with three easy clicks.

1. Click on the desired image.

2. Right click on the image that appears.

3. On the pull down menu that appears, click on “set as background”.

Voila! There’s still plenty of room on the left side of the screen for all your shortcut icons.

Note:  When ready to replace your wallpaper, go to your control panel. Select “Display”. Select “Desktop”. And then choose from the designs offered.

To Print & Post

Click on  the link provided below each quote.
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