Moving Messages

03/25/2017

The moment I saw this video, I knew I wanted to share it with you. Continue Reading →

03/20/2017

http://www.kindspring.org/story/view.php?sid=7854

One day, a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it

03/07/2016

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~Addison, Joseph on Appreciation

11/19/2015

When you give a person a compliment and recognition, you can make a huge difference in how that person sees him/herself.

Chris Ulmer is no ordinary teacher. And his eight students at Mainspring Academy in Jacksonville, Florida are not ordinary students. Ulmer is actively working on teaching love and acceptance to his students.

09/25/2015

"It's a wonderful feeling to be appreciated."

Infants that end up in the Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) fight the biggest uphill battle...Read More »

08/27/2015

Gratitude - a wonderful story of a whale and her rescuers. I encourage you to read the whole story. It's heart-warming!

If you read a recent front page story of the San Francisco Chronicle, you would have read about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spiderweb of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She also had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso and a line tugging in her mouth.

A fisherman spotted her just east of the Farallon Islands (outside the Golden Gate ) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was so bad off, the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her. They worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed her.

When she was free, the divers say she swam in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed them gently around as she was thanking them.

Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives. The guy who cut the rope out of her mouth said her eyes were following him the whole time, and he will never be the same.

May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you. And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude.

05/09/2015

Clever and accurate depiction of what matters to employees in the workplace. Posted originally by Karen E. Osborne

04/30/2015

When senior Emily Jones told Sherman Padgett to hold a bucket in the hallway last week, he wasn’t having it. “No way,” the North High principal told her. “I’m not holding your bucket. … You’re going to put fish eyes in it or something.”

02/08/2015

A teen was about to go on a job interview, but he needed a tie. He stopped by Target to buy a clip-on tie...but they carry only REGULAR ones. An employee stepped in to show the teen how to put it on. But it didn't end there. The Target employee also showed him how to give a good handshake...and even asked him a few sample interview questions. A witness says a bunch of Target workers cheered the teen on as he left the store!

Here's your 'warm and fuzzy' for the day!

02/01/2015

Love Pete Carroll's philosophy of bringing out the best in his people! Love the team he's built based on trust, caring, and respect. GO HAWKS!!!

Creative CommonsKristen GillBlogger at Kalles GroupFollowUnfollowFollowingLoadingWin Forever! What Can Business Leaders Learn from Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll?Jan 29, 20150Views0Likes0CommentsShare on LinkedInShare on FacebookShare on Google PlusShare on TwitterCan business leaders learn from the su…

02/01/2015

You matter!!

01/30/2015

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak,
but their echoes are truly endless.”

~ Mother Teresa

01/06/2015

“You never know when one kind act, or one
word of encouragement, can change a life forever.”

~ Zig Ziglar

11/14/2014

Whatever else each of us derives from our work, there may be nothing more precious than the feeling that we truly matter — that we contribute unique value to the whole, and that we’re recognized for it.

I’ve just returned from an offsite with our team at The Energy Project. As we concluded, I asked each person to take a few moments to say what he or she felt most proud of accomplishing over the past year. After each of their brief recountings, I added some observations about what I appreciated in […

11/14/2014

In the grand scheme of employee morale and motivation, we so often focus on pay and rewards. Might we often be forgetting genuine signs of gratitude?

11/14/2014

People like being appreciated for who they are and what they do.

We've been taught from a young age to show gratitude and acknowledge others for helping us, especially when it has no benefit to them. We say “thank you” to everyone from parents and friends, to the café employee who makes our coffee in the morning. But, for some reason most of us struggle to do thi…

11/12/2014

Good things happen when individuals feel truly valued and appreciated for their contributions.

Current research suggests that people are burning out and not being appreciated enough in the workplace. According to Rath and Clifton, 65 percent of employees polled said they received no recognition or appreciation in the past 12 months. And Bersin research suggests that 80 percent of large corpor…

11/12/2014

Recognition done right plays a critical role in engaging employees and creating high-performance cultures. Research shows it also creates enhanced feelings of trust and communication in employees. But it’s hard to benefit from the impact of gratitude if you don’t do it.

Every language has a word for “thanks.” It’s one of the few concepts that works in a hut in Bali, a London skyscraper or a mini-mart in Peoria.In the U.S. (in November) and Canada (in October), we