Motivating, encouraging, and celebrating life
Employees look forward to going to a workplace that they enjoy… don’t you? Injecting the fun factor helps staff members have a sense of belonging, builds rapport, and reduces stress. You can help create an enjoyable work atmosphere with ready-to-go scavenger hunts. Note: Click on any of the scavenger hunt product picture(s) in this post to see more details. 1) Grab your photo-taking devices and
Thank goodness you don’t have to have a theme or decorate your workplace to have fun or be SUPER. But in my opinion, it IS fun! I should hate themes. During my schooling and student teaching years (almost dinosaur era!) thematic teaching was becoming popular. You picked a topic and every subject revolved around that unit theme or topic. For example, if you studied whales,
A word spoken in due season, how good it is! Prov. 15:23 I don’t personally know of anyone that doesn’t appreciate an encouraging word, but when it comes at exactly the right time for them…what a wonderful thing indeed! How do you know when to speak words into someone’s life? I call it an unction or a nudging in your gut. It’s when you are thinking of
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for details here. Physical Touch Physical Touch is included in the book, 5 Languages of Love which makes perfect sense to me. But when it comes to the workplace, the subject of physical touch gets…a little touchy! The authors of The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace acknowledge this fact but believe “appropriate acts
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for details here. Tangible Gifts When my daughter was in high school, she worked as a receptionist in a hair salon. One day my husband stopped by a convenience store and bought her favorite large fountain drink on his way to his appointment there (without her asking). You’d have thought he bought her an
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for details here. During my elementary school principal years, I had a master kindergarten teacher that was amazing. She was quiet, sweet, and totally adored by her co-workers, parents, and students. She also made teaching look oh so easy! I made the mistake one time of bragging about her in a staff meeting. She was sitting
Do you look forward to staff meetings? Most people would answer that question with a resounding, NO! Thirty-minute meetings turn into 90-minute meetings while you’re wondering if you’ll have time to run your errands that day. Too much talk on the part of the leader or too much talk from that staff member that dominates the conversation. No practical applications to the real-world workplace…and for
This post may contain affiliate links. See the full disclosure here. “It’s not often that I receive an email that does not include a due date, complaint or request.” This statement was embedded in a return email to me from an elementary school principal after I sent her a thank you! A sad statement but a truthful one I know. I realize by reason of the
I recently asked elementary principals to rate their staff morale on a scale from 1-10 (10 being out-of-this-world wonderful!). Over 100 principals responded. Here is how they rated staff morale: The responses came in the month of May. Typically, a month where teachers are administering end-of-year testing and well, end-of-year EVERYTHING has set in! My heart was saddened by principals dealing with “school closings”, “needed staff
Busy, busy, busy!! For most of you, the school year has come to an end. Congratulations! I hope you are taking the time for reflection and looking at all the positives this year held. If you are in a leadership position, I know some of you are already planning for next year…or…perhaps the next big thing. But please, please, give yourself permission to rest first.
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy for more details here. Photo by Zachary Nelson on Unsplash I was one of those principals who loved learning about temperament or character types. If you’ve been in the educational profession for any length of time you’ve taken them. Most tests have four different types (although the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® MBTI test® has 16). Perhaps you know
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