Education & Career

Written by Harriet
Meyerson and published every
Tuesday compliments of www.ConfidenceCenter.com



This July we have a special surprise gift for you. I can’t tell you about it yet, but I know you’re

going to love it, so be sure to read all our future blogs for more details.



For our friends in the USA, have a Happy and Safe July 4th weekend.



Best Regards,

Harriet Meyerson

Word
and Quote of the Week

***Incorporate***



*** “He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.”

— Richard Steele

Trivia
Question of the Week

Q. What U.S. city had the first subway?



(Answer at the end of this newsletter.)

Employee Morale

Potty Prize

 Contributed by Kim Stumpf

The following idea can be adapted for the workplace…

My husband is a grade 4 teacher. In his classroom,he keeps a plastic toilet (yep, I said toilet) that’s filled with mini chocolate bars and other goodies.

When his students do something good, get ‘student of the day’, complete a small assignment for a dip, or he has one of his famous lightening round quizzes, they get to dip into the toilet.



Depending on the task or the stakes, sometimes they get to “double dip”.



It is such a hit and it is amazing what those kids will do just to get a dip in the toilet.



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Most kids are out of school for the summer, so it is the perfect time to teach them leadership skills.



Our country needs strong and courageous men and women who can lead with integrity. Teaching leadership skills to teens is a great way to polish the brilliant diamonds that will become our country’s leaders of the future.



Any student can grow in leadership capabilities with the proper instruction and practice.



It’s easy for teachers and youth group leaders to teach these leadership skills with the Today’s Teens – Tomorrow’s Leaders, Instructor’s Manual and the on-line Instructor’s Center which contains the latest updates, forms, tips, and much more.



See all the details at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/serv10.htm

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We need
your help. Email us your -Employee Morale Ideas-

Tried
and true morale boosters are the best kind.



Therefore, we need
your successful low-cost employee morale activities or ideas to
post in our newsletter.



Please
be detailed in describing your
idea. If your idea is chosen for our newsletter, you will receive
our eBook, -The Secrets of Creating
Personal Confidence-.

Answer to
This Week’s Trivia Question

Q. What U.S. city had the first subway?



A. Boston

Joke of the
Week

I read some article which said that the symptoms of stress are impulse buying, eating too much and driving too fast.



Are they kidding? That’s what I call a perfect day!

(c) Copyright 2010 Harriet Meyerson.
All rights reserved.

If misery loves company, how come no one likes a pity party?

In today’s marketplace, negativity is everywhere,bringing morale low which in turn decreases productivity.

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So what’s a supervisor to do?

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Instead of focusing on negatives, have your employees take two minutes to make a list of the many things for which they are grateful.

As they become aware of their many blessings, you will see their sadness transformed into happiness.

This is one of several easy and effective ways to increase workplace energy from the Employee Success Toolkit.

Increase Your Workplace Energy is one of the 13 essential tools in the Employee Success Toolkit.

The
Employee Success Toolkit is a professional development course in 13
easy-to-follow lessons. It is a system guaranteed to improve attitude,
skills, and productivity.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

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The ultimate goal of any supervisor is to turn

ordinary workers into extraordinary employees.

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If you want…

• Happy,
  positive employees who work as a team, deal with problems and get along
  with each other instead of constantly complaining.

• Shared excitement and enthusiasm for  work even though it’s very difficult at times.

• Better flow of communication between management and staff

You can do it -and much more- with the Employee Success Toolkit.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

Have a great day,

Harriet

–

Harriet Meyerson

The Confidence Center

Dallas, TX

http://www.ConfidenceCenter.com

Visit our blog for Leadership Articles, Tips, and Strategies:

http://www.BecomeABetterLeader.com

USA and International 1+214-736-4141

Written by Harriet
Meyerson and published every
Tuesday compliments of www.ConfidenceCenter.com





Word
and Quote of the Week

***Inconsequential***



*** “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” — E. Joseph Cossman

Trivia
Question of the Week

Q. What science did Gregor Mendel establish in 1866?



(Answer at the end of this newsletter.)

Employee Morale

“Get It Together” Gift Baggies

Contributed by Stacey Shelton

I am the Administrative Assistant for a “Morale Challenged” accounting office at a construction company in Kansas City, Missouri.



I made up survival bags for our office employees. Each bag contained a

candle, scented lotion, the Staples Easy button, and a chocolate bar that I

labeled “Emergency Chocolate”.



It also contained a rolled up memo that said:

“The ‘Get it Together’ gift baggie – everything you need to get yourself to your ‘Happy Place’.



 - Get your senses engaged and light a candle. It will create a peaceful scent

that will linger into the hall and make everything better.



 - It always makes you feel good when you smell good, so use a little Bath & Body Lotion to smooth out the rough spots in your day.



 - Use the Easy Button at will…(If nothing else, it will make you smile.)



 - When all else fails, eat chocolate.“

I taped the following around the chocolate (Hershey’s) bar:

 - For immediate relief of: uncontrollable sensation to bite your tongue, in

place of using swears words that might cause prolonged stress and unwanted

happenings and/or uneasy discussions with HR.



 - For temporary relief of: thorny coworkers, griping subcontractors, nagging

bosses, whining project managers, sassy assistants, far too early fed-ex

guy, too short a day, just wanting to shred everything.



 - Directions for use: Tear open wrapper, break off desired dosage, and

consume. Repeat dosage as required, until finished. If symptoms persist, consult your local Admin for

additional Rx.

 - Nutrition Facts:

Serving Size: Whatever you want

Servings Per Container: It’s all yours

Calories: What’s that?

Total Fat: Don’t care

Cholesterol: Nada

Sodium: Not a speck

Total Carb: That’s so 2005

Sugar: Whatever works

Protein: Gotta get it from somewhere

Vitamins: All I need is a little C

(It’s in there – 1% is better than 0%.)

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A tidy way to zip up the above idea is to use our ebook – 101 Captivating Motivational Quotes. You can print out individual quotes, roll them up and tie them with colorful ribbon.



Each quote has been formatted to be printed on bordered or colored paper and can be displayed on desks, walls, anywhere! These quotes will instantly create a positive work environment and will be treasured for years to come. Your employees’ morale will be ‘in the bag’.

This ebook is part of the Employee Morale Secrets –
Power Pack of employee morale books.

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See all the details, and learn about
the 8 Employee Morale ebooks included in it at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/prod23story.htm

We need
your help. Email us your -Employee Morale Ideas-



Tried
and true morale boosters are the best kind.



Therefore, we need
your successful low-cost employee morale activities or ideas to
post in our newsletter.



Please
be detailed in describing your
idea. If your idea is chosen for our newsletter, you will receive
our eBook, -The Secrets of Creating
Personal Confidence-.

Answer to
This Week’s Trivia Question

Q. What science did Gregor Mendel establish in 1866?



A. Genetics

Joke of the
Week

A blind man walks into a store with his Seeing Eye dog.



All of a sudden, he picks up the leash and begins swinging the dog over his head.



The manager runs up to the man and asks, “What are you doing?!!” The blind man replies, “Just looking around.”

(c) Copyright 2010 Harriet Meyerson.
All rights reserved.

What does an Academy Award winner from the glamorous world of Hollywood have in common with a mail clerk who has just been promoted to supervisor? Plenty.

For the award winner it was the writer, producer, director, other actors, lighting people, sound people, the Academy itself, etc., etc. that financed the project, made the winner look and sound good, and nominated and awarded the winner.

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What should this matter?

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Have staff look for common interests and experiences from others in different departments within your company.

Successful Workplace Communication is one of the 13 essential tools in the Employee Success Toolkit.

The Employee Success Toolkit is a professional development course for employees that comes in 13 easy-to-follow lessons. It is a system guaranteed to improve attitude, skills, and productivity.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

————————————————————–

The ultimate goal of any supervisor is to turn

ordinary workers into extraordinary employees.

————————————————————–

If you want…

• Happy,
  positive employees who work as a team, deal with problems and get along
  with each other instead of constantly complaining.

• Shared excitement and enthusiasm for  work even though it’s very difficult at times.

• Better flow of communication between management and staff

You can do it -and much more- with the Employee Success Toolkit.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

Written by Harriet
Meyerson and published every
Tuesday compliments of www.ConfidenceCenter.com





Word
and Quote of the Week

*** Endeavor ***

*** “The person who gets the farthest is generally the one  who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.” — Dale Carnegie

Trivia
Question of the Week

Q. What doesn’t a pineapple do after it’s picked?



(Answer at the end
of this newsletter.)

Employee Morale

Employee Sponsored Lunches

Contributed by  Courtney W.

We are a small office of 21 employees and we have “Employee Sponsored Lunches” once a month. There are a couple of guys here who do all the work. I assist, as needed.

The guys do the grocery shopping and cook at home. We have crock pots and warming trays here to keep it hot. We each pay $4 and we get lunch. Everyone eats together and we just mingle… not much time for that during the day. It is a nice break.

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You can add some real gravy to the above lunch idea by handing out some appreciation with the cutlery.

We have made it very easy for you to do that with our ebook, 40 Recognition Certificates. Your employees can keep their certificates and treasure them forever. The great news is, it only costs you a piece of paper. And, these colorful certificates can be printed over and over… for years.

Customize the certificates with employees’ names. Simply type in the recipient’s name in the space provided. Then print, roll them up and tie with a ribbon.

This ebook is part of the Employee Morale Secrets –
Power Pack of employee morale books.



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See all the details, and learn about
the 8 Employee Morale ebooks included in it at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/prod23story.htm

We need
your help. Email us your -Employee Morale Ideas-



Tried
and true morale boosters are the best kind.



Therefore, we need
your successful low-cost employee morale activities or ideas to
post in our newsletter.



Please
be detailed in describing your
idea. If your idea is chosen for our newsletter, you will receive
our eBook, -The Secrets of Creating
Personal Confidence-.

Answer to
This Week’s Trivia Question

Q. What doesn’t a pineapple do after it’s picked?



A. Ripen

Joke of the
Week

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.

(c) Copyright 2010 Harriet Meyerson.
All rights reserved.

Here’s a story I’d like to share….

The charts at Sally’s office must be filed at the end of each day. The task has been assigned to her co-worker, Mary. If Mary doesn’t do it, then Sally must.

Sally watches Mary prepare to leave – without doing the filing…again. Unaware of how this is affecting her co-worker, Mary is completely surprised when Sally pounces.

Sally: “You never help me! You are always leaving the charts for me to file.”

Mary: “What?! I don’t know what you’re talking about! I do so help you!”

Sally: “No you don’t.”

Mary: “Yes I do!”

Sally: “No you don’t!”

You see where this is going? That’s right…exactly nowhere. Sally will not be getting the help she wants, plus she has just alienated Mary.

You see, the words “always” and “never” are negative words because they are rarely true and exaggerate a situation. Since they are usually used to criticize, people feel attacked and can become very defensive.

Why Does This Matter?

Think about it. If a person you are trying to communicate with focuses on your exaggeration and entirely ignores your message, what’s the point?

Then How Do You Get Someone to Help You?

You can use the words – “often” and “seldom” – to explain your feelings and wishes, so there is no need for your co-worker to get defensive, and you are more likely to get the cooperation you are seeking.

Let’s play that scene again, but this time Sally uses a more positive tact.

Sally: “Since you seldom offer to help me file the charts, I get frustrated because I often have to stay late to get the filing finished.”

Mary: “I’m sorry, Sally. I’ve been really swamped. I didn’t think about you having to take up the slack. Can we work out a plan so that we can share the filing?”

You see? Mary listened to Sally. Sally felt validated, she’ll get the help she needs, and the co-workers remain on good terms.

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Talking so that you will be heard is crucial. That’s why – Magic Words that Change Negative to Positive - is one of the 13 essential tools in the Employee Success Toolkit.

The Employee Success Toolkit is a professional development course for employees in 13

easy-to-follow lessons. It is a system guaranteed to improve attitude, skills, and productivity.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

——————————————————————————————————————

The ultimate goal of any supervisor is to turn ordinary workers into extraordinary employees.

——————————————————————————————————————

If you want,

- Happy, positive employees who work as a team, deal with problems and get along with each other instead of constantly complaining.

- Shared excitement and enthusiasm for  work even though it’s very difficult at times.

- Better flow of communication between management and staff

You can do it -and much more- with the Employee Success Toolkit.

See all the details and learn what the other 12


lessons are at:


http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

Have a great day,


Harriet

–


Harriet Meyerson


The Confidence Center


Dallas, TX





http://www.ConfidenceCenter.com








USA and International 1+214-736-4141 http://www.ConfidenceCenter.com

Written by Harriet
Meyerson and published every
Tuesday compliments of www.ConfidenceCenter.com







Word
and Quote of the Week

*** Enlighten  ***



*** “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Trivia
Question of the Week

Q. Which of the five senses are you most likely to lose if hit by lightning?



(Answer at the end
of this newsletter.)

Employee Morale

Father’s Day – June 20, 2010

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While Father’s Day is only one day, you can plan activities during the weeks leading up to it that can help Dads and Step Dads feel appreciated and recognized in special ways.



A Day With Dad

* All dads in your company can invite their children to spend a day at work with them.

* Employees can invite their own Dads to spend a day at work.



Picture Matching

* All dads bring in pictures of their children.

* Tape them to colored paper and post them on the bulletin board the week before Father’s Day.

* Have a contest to see who can match the most children with their dads.



Essay Contest

Have an essay contest at work on a choice of these topics:

* What it means to me to be a Dad.

* What I learned from my father.

* How the father of my children is special (This topic gives the women an opportunity to participate.)



Essays can be printed in a booklet and distributed to all employees, or they can be framed to display.

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The above ideas are from our – 101 Morale Boosters That Energize Employees eBook -. This ebook is part of the Employee Morale Secrets Power Pack.



Learn what the other books are and see all the details at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/prod23.htm





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See all the details, and learn about
the 8 Employee Morale ebooks included in it at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/prod23story.htm

We need
your help. Email us your -Employee Morale Ideas-



Tried
and true morale boosters are the best kind.



Therefore, we need
your successful low-cost employee morale activities or ideas to
post in our newsletter.



Please
be detailed in describing your
idea. If your idea is chosen for our newsletter, you will receive
our eBook, -The Secrets of Creating
Personal Confidence-.

Answer to
This Week’s Trivia Question

Q. Which of the five senses are you most likely to lose if hit by lightning?



A. Hearing

Joke of the
Week

Two snakes were out taking a stroll when the son snake turns to the mother snake and asks: “Mommy! Are we poisonous?“



“Why, yes we are”, says the second.



Again the baby snake asks, “Are you sure we’re poisonous?”



“Yes, we are very poisonous.”



The baby snake becomes very upset. Again, he asks, “Are we really really poisonous?”



“Yes we are really really poisonous. In fact, we’re the most poisonous snakes in the world. Why do you ask?”



“I just bit my lip!!!”

(c) Copyright 2010 Harriet Meyerson.
All rights reserved.

Sam Walton once said, “There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

Unfortunately, many employees don’t understand this very important concept.

Why should this matter?

Management can stress to employees that their paychecks may be distributed through the company, but their salary comes from the customers.

Train your employees to visualize customers adding to their salary every time they come in contact with them. Staff will be more likely to thank the customers with outstanding service.

This is so important that…Customer Service that Makes Them Say, “Wow!” is one of the 13 essential tools in the Employee Success Toolkit.

The Employee Success Toolkit is a professional development course in 13 easy-to-follow lessons. It is a system guaranteed to improve attitude, skills, and productivity.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

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The ultimate goal of any supervisor is to turn ordinary workers into extraordinary employees.

———————————————————————————————————————

If you want…

- Your staff to come together in unity and work together as a team

- Respect and a better understanding of co-workers with different backgrounds or cultures

- Employees who think and speak in a positive manner no matter what the circumstances are at the time

You can do it -and much more- with the Employee Success Toolkit.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

Have a great day,

Harriet

–

Harriet Meyerson

The Confidence Center

Dallas, TX

http://www.ConfidenceCenter.com

USA and International 1+214-736-4141

Written by Harriet
Meyerson and published every
Tuesday compliments of www.ConfidenceCenter.com



Have trouble dealing with difficult people? Learn how to squelch their flames of anger.

http://confidencecenter.com/prod07.htm



Word
and Quote of the Week

*** Esteem ***



*** “To a large degree, our success and happiness in life depends on how much people like themselves when they’re with us.” — Joe Caruso

Trivia
Question of the Week

Q. What animal undertakes the world’s longest migration each year?



(Answer at the end
of this newsletter.)

Employee Morale

A Morale Boosting Arrangement

Contributed by Kay Bowman

Here is one idea I have recently used with good success. I bought a bouquet of flowers that our vice president presented to one employee with a card. The card stated that they were to enjoy the flowers for one hour and then experience the joy of giving and pass them on to another employee within our facility.



The only rules were they could only keep the flowers for one hour and they had to be passed to different departments (not staying in one department all day.)

At
the end of the day, eight different random people enjoyed receiving
flowers and then the thrill of giving, as well. It was well received by
everyone.

It was interesting to see where the flowers were sent, we had each person who received flowers sign the card before passing them on. We plan to do this again at random times throughout the year.



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Want to see your employees’ motivation blossom?



Use our – Fire Up Your Staff On A Shoestring Budget – eBook to plant the seeds of employee morale and cultivate your employees’ enthusiasm.



This ebook is part of the Employee Morale Secrets –
Power Pack of employee morale books.



—————–




See all the details, and learn about
the 8 Employee Morale ebooks included in it at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/prod23story.htm

We need
your help. Email us your -Employee Morale Ideas-



Tried
and true morale boosters are the best kind.



Therefore, we need
your successful low-cost employee morale activities or ideas to
post in our newsletter.



Please
be detailed in describing your
idea. If your idea is chosen for our newsletter, you will receive
our eBook, -The Secrets of Creating
Personal Confidence-.

Answer to
This Week’s Trivia Question

Q. What animal undertakes the world’s longest migration each year?



A. The Arctic Tern. After breeding in the Arctic Circle, these birds migrate during the Northern Hemisphere winter to the border of the Antarctic ice pack. The roundtrip migration is almost equal to flying all the way around the earth — totaling approximately 21,750 miles (35,000 kilometers).

Joke of the
Week

After losing another tooth, young-old Timmy became more curious about the mysterious tooth fairy.



Finally putting two and two together, he came right out and asked his mother, “Mom, are you the tooth fairy?”



Assuming he was old enough to hear the truth, she replied, “Yes Timmy, I am.”



Timmy seemed to take this news quite well. But, as he headed for the door, he slowly turned back toward his mother with a curious look on his face and said, “Wait a minute, Mom. How do you get into the other kids’ houses?”

(c) Copyright 2010 Harriet Meyerson.
All rights reserved.

“Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.”

Rodin said that, and I believe it’s true, not only in everyday life, but in business meetings as well. Let’s face it…meetings happen. So, instead of bringing doughnuts to your next one, how about bringing an attitude of participation?

After all, if it’s necessary to spend your precious time in a meeting, then make it worth your while.

How?

Look at the meeting as a perfect opportunity to get an important message across. Try to make it relevant to the meeting’s agenda or some idea that will benefit the company.

In some cases, however, it may be an important message of a more general nature, like a community concern or project, etc.

Whatever it is, the message becomes your mission and your contribution.

Meetings can do much to advance your career, that is why - How to Make an Impact at Meetings -

is Tool 11 of the 13 essential tools in the Employee Success Toolkit.

The Employee Success Toolkit is a professional development course for employees in 13

easy-to-follow lessons. It is a system guaranteed to improve attitude, skills, and productivity.

See all the details and learn what the other 12

lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

——————————————————————————————————————–

The ultimate goal of any supervisor is to turn ordinary workers into extraordinary employees.

——————————————————————————————————————–

If you want…

- Happy, positive employees who work as a team, deal with problems and get along with each other instead of constantly complaining.

- Shared excitement and enthusiasm for  work even though it’s very difficult at times.

- Better flow of communication between management and staff

You can do it -and much more- with the Employee Success Toolkit.

See all the details and learn what the other 12 lessons are at:

http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

Have a great day,

Harriet

–

Harriet Meyerson

The Confidence Center

Dallas, TX

http://www.ConfidenceCenter.com

USA and International 1+214-736-4141