Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
working in the dark literally
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Working with The Green Team Inc.
"Founded by 30-year hotel veteran Michael Green in 2004, The Green Team is a group of experienced hospitality professionals devoted to servicing hotels and resorts. In the hospitality industry, change is constant – lack of time is a given. Hotels require assistance with core functions at certain times. The Green Team supports clients with these changes, the needs they create and time restraints.
With deep experience and passion for the hospitality industry, The Green Team offers a wide range of services, including Sales and Marketing, ongoing operation solutions and “turnkey” renovation support. Almost 70 years of industry experience working with many of the world's most reputable hotels allows The Green Team to provide a true “one source solution”. The Green Team’s goal is to achieve hospitality and service excellence." -www.thegreenteam.name/about.html
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Interesting facts about recognition awards...
"There is a definite link between the intention of people to stay at their place of employment and reward/recognition. Indeed, recent Business Research Lab studies have shown that the correlation between the length of time people intend to stay with their current employers and the recognition given for work that is well done is .27 -- a positive and statistically significant relationship. The relationship between monetary rewards and intention to stay also is positive, but somewhat less so.
From this we can extrapolate that rewarding and recognizing positive results is an important factor in retaining employees. However, we would be negligent if we did not state that there are other even more important factors. Our data suggest that creating a nurturing environment, one in which everyone seems to be pulling in the same direction and in which peoples' contributions are valued, is even more important than reward and recognition. The strongest relationships between the intention of people to stay and other attributes include such items as pride in the employer, the employees' affinity for the type of work, the leadership skills of management, trust, and teamwork. Thus, appropriate reward and recognition should be viewed as an important component in the creation of an overall positive environment in which both employees and employer can thrive.
The below graph sheds some additional light on the subject.
Our data also suggest that reward/recognition are important to employee motivation. We have one attribute worded "I feel I am contributing to this company's mission." While this attribute is comprised of factors in addition to "motivation," it certainly includes motivation. The correlation between this attribute and the statement "this company gives enough recognition for work that's well done" is a positive .38 -- a statistically significant figure. As is the case with the intention to stay with a company, this factor does not act in isolation. Other factors are more important; in particular -- teamwork and leadership skills.
These findings are not unusual. While they are from the aggregate results of many corporations, in individual studies we often find that the "soft" factors are those that tend to increase employee satisfaction, tenure, and motivation. People enjoy working, and thrive in organizations that create positive work environments; environments where they can make a difference and where most people in the organization are competent and pulling together to move the company forward. Appropriately structured reward and recognition programs are important, but not exclusive, components in this mix."
-http://www.busreslab.com/tips/tip57.htm
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Monday, October 19, 2009
The Liam Cup, Custom Award for Bullmastiff Champion
All of the wood for this award was custom made after meeting and designing their award from the ground up. If your interested in a custom wood piece we'd love to help you out. Thanks and congratulations to Starry Knight Bullmastiffs.
Trophy House Awards, Franklin, TN
Friday, October 16, 2009
Battlefield Region Car Club
