No matter how you feel today, there was almost certainly a time when you were engaged and excited about your job. It may have lasted for years, or not even made it through the first week. But if you find yourself bored and disengaged on the job now, there might be a reason that has nothing to do with the job itself.
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Posts Tagged ‘Workplace Motivation’
Unbore Yourself and Get Out of Your Rut
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012Exceeding the Minimum
Monday, November 21st, 2011* Transcription
Thank God it’s Monday!® Do you pay the minimum amount on your credit cards each month? If you do, you might want to take a close look at your next statement. Give the minimum and it can take seven to ten years, or twelve years, to pay off the balance. But pay more than the minimum and you’ll polish it off in a fraction of that time—and pay a whole lot less interest.
Now apply the same logic to your job. If you’re just doing the minimum, you might be digging yourself a hole. If you think it’s okay to have your coat on at 4:59, for example, you might end up being the first one out the door in a whole new way. Instead, make a point of exceeding the requirements of your job. Blowing past expectations is the best way to make yourself irreplaceable.
Have a great Monday!
Roxanne
Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday!® How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday!® e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.
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Appreciation
Monday, September 26th, 2011* Transcription
Thank God it’s Monday!™ “Nobody appreciates me.” “I never get a pat on the back for a job well done.” We’ve heard all these complaints before and most of us have even given those from time to time. It’s no fun to feel unappreciated. But the answer, believe me, is NOT to complain about it. The answer is to become part of the solution.
Most under-appreciated employees are not alone in their misery. They’re usually part of a workplace with no culture of appreciation. The best thing you can do in this situation is to help create that culture. Express appreciation at least 20 times today, not just for what people do around you, but for who they are. Watch the faces of people whose days are made by your simple act of kindness. In no time at all, you will find yourself on the receiving end. When you help to create a culture of appreciation, everybody wins.
Have a great Monday!
Roxanne
Roxanne Emmerich’s Thank God It’s Monday! How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love climbed to #1 on Amazon’s bestseller list and made the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists—all in the first week of its release. Roxanne is renowned for her ability to transform “ho-hum” workplaces into dynamic, results-oriented, “bring-it-on” cultures. If you are not currently receiving the Thank God It’s Monday e-zine and weekly audios, subscribe today at www.ThankGoditsMonday.com.
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The Quietly Happy Workplace
Thursday, May 5th, 2011There’s a common misconception that the process of motivating employees has to include a lot of waved pompoms, ringing bells, and people popping up like toast over their cubicle walls with a spontaneous WOOHOO!
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Mastery Loves (Your) Company
Thursday, March 17th, 2011I know the expression is “misery loves company.” That’s true too. But if you want something that loves YOUR company and boosts your bottom line, it’s mastery to the rescue.
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Purpose Matters!
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011What motivates employees to the highest levels of productivity and engagement? The answer might surprise you.
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TGIM e-zine: October 4, 2010
Monday, October 4th, 2010Issue 98 ~ October 4, 2010
In this Issue:
- Ask Roxanne!
- The World is Yours—If You INSIST on Success
- Getting Past “Impossible”
- Follow @RoxanneEmmerich on Twitter!
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Top 10 Workplace Dysfunctions—and How to TERMINATE Them
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
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The dysfunctional workplace is a killer. Untreated, the dysfunction will kill off your customer base, your profits, and your joy for living as surely as anything.
So you’ve got to kill it first. Here are the Top Ten dysfunctions—and the cure for each:
No. 1: People being at odds with each other with no desire to fix it.
Have the most direct supervisor meet with those involved to learn what it will take to resolve it and to secure a firm commitment to do so. Spell out immediate consequences in the event of failure.
No. 2: Saying one thing and meaning another.
If you have an employee with a pattern of saying, “But what I meant was…”, call them on it. Requiring the offender to have all communications checked for clarity for a period of time usually nips this in the bud.
No. 3: Giving lip service to new ideas, then undercutting them in private.
You’ll want to enlist everyone’s help in keeping this one out. Make it clear that dissenting opinions are welcomed during decisionmaking, but that once a decision is made, undercutting will not be tolerated.
No. 4: Defensiveness at reasonable suggestions.
Let your people know that you consider a willingness to improve to be one of the hallmarks of a person with a bright future in the company. Defensiveness should be viewed as what it is—an unwillingness to improve one’s self.
No. 5: Attraction to chaos.
Pot stirring is a violation of principles both written and unwritten and a threat to productivity. Counterbalance the pleasure they get from drama with a greater measure of negative consequences.
No. 6: Not following through on commitments.
Let people know that they are expected to acknowledge errors and make a commitment to clean up every last bit of the resulting mess.
No. 7: Deflecting blame.
Deflecting blame equals deflecting responsibility. Make it clear that the only acceptable behavior is acceptance of responsibility and (as above) quick work to clean up the mess.
No. 8: People pretending like they “never got the memo.”
If there was no breakdown in the actual system, make it clear that the employee is responsible for consistently accessing internal communications—memos, email, and so on—so that he is never again “out of the loop.”
No. 9: Refusing to deal with conflict directly.
Conflict resolution is an essential part of a manager’s job. Performance reviews can and should count disruptive interpersonal conflicts against managers on whose watch they occur.
No. 10. Gossiping and backstabbing.
Once you establish a zero-tolerance policy for talking behind another person’s back, give your people permission to address conflict head-on, out loud, courageously and honestly. And make it clear that giving or receiving gossip is not acceptable.
You may have noticed a refrain coming back again and again in this advice: Make it clear. Once you’ve made the determination to purge your workplace of dysfunctional behavior, your greatest ally and most powerful tool will be clarity.
Woohoo! Thank God Its Monday Hit #1 Overall
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Thank you to everyone for all the help of spreading the word about Thank God It’s Monday. It hit number 1 overall as of all books sold! It is experiencing the second week as the number one business book and it’s also sold out in the U.K. and made the best seller list in Canada as well.
Pinch me!!!
Again, thank you to everyone who have sent the massive amount of emails saying you’ve bought 10 plus copies for all your friends. Now THAT is a commitment to a healthy workplace.
Thank you for being a part of this movement.
Only a few days left until Monday!!!
Cheers,
Roxanne
Great News…Thank God It’s Monday Just Hit Amazon’s #2 Overall
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009This is SUCH great news. My new book, Thank God It’s Monday, just hit #2 overall of all books on Amazon a few minutes ago and has been the #1 selling business book for two weeks in a row!
It also hit The Wall Street Journal list last week.
Why?
I think it’s because people are tired of not loving their work. With all the layoffs, those who are “left behind” with twice the work and half the friends are so disheartened and don’t know how to get their rhythm back.
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