10 Tips for Showing Appreciation

This week’s Quick List is in celebration of Administrative Professionals Week but is important year round. Through appreciation, leaders can make a day, even change a life. And in doing one or both of those, one could expect a boost in morale, productivity, engagement, retention and overall performance. Yet over and over and over – I hear from workers from a wide assortment of industries, professions and positions that they don’t feel appreciated. They don’t feel recognized for their contributions and achievements. Are their leaders greedy, unappreciative mongors? Or are they under-appreciated and overwhelmed themselves? Or do they think they are showing appreciation but doing it poorly? Or are these workers so hardened that the appreciation they are given sits on the surface instead of sinking in. Here are 10 tips for showing appreciation in meaningful ways – in ways that have more of a chance of sinking in.

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9 Fun Ideas for Office Professionals Week

Here are nine fun ideas for Administrative Professionals Week which some are celebrating as Office Professionals Week. Great ways to show appreciation and build morale, productivity, engagement and performance.

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Have things been nutty at your office?

Have things been a bit nutty in your office?

Then here’s a fun thing to do during Office Professionals Week…or anytime.

A great way to show appreciation for everyone’s hard work.

A nice boost for morale and productivity.

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Have things been poppin’ in your office?

popcorn machine

If you and your team have been pushing hard to make sales quotas, production schedules and tax deadlines, here’s one way to break the tension and show appreciation in a fun and funny – or corny way. It could even part of your plan for Administrative Professionals Week.

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Hoppin’ Idea for Morale & Productivity

If you’ve had the pedal to the medal, pushing hard to make sales quotas, budget projections and production schedules, we urge you to take a break for a bit of nonsense and about laughter. It will be good for morale and productivity. f you need an off the wall, hopping idea…here’s one.

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10 lessons from caterpillar to butterfly

This week’s Quick List* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week: There is nothing in a caterpillar…

This quote has many practical and inspirational applications for leaders who are dealing with problems, mistakes, slow progress, morale, productivity, engagement – theirs or those of others.

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