Interested in an employee morale booster that goes the distance? This is a month to appreciate the contributions of the employees who work from home or who travel and rarely, if ever, come to the office.
ConfidenceCenter.com’s Weekly Newsletter – June 18, 2013
Word and Quote of the Week
*** Progress ***
*** Never discourage anyone…who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. – Plato (427 BC -347 BC)
Trivia Question of the Week
Q. What constitutes 12 percent of an egg’s weight? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)
Employee Morale Special Days to Celebrate
July is: Telecommuter Appreciation Month
This is a month to appreciate the contributions of the employees who work from home or who travel and rarely, if ever, come to the office.
Activity ideas:
- Include telecommuters in on the day to day happenings at the office with a company blog.
- Set up a regular conference call with 3 or 4 employees at the beginning or the end of the day so that they can feel connected to whatÕs going on at the office..
- If they live in the same city, but work from home, invite them to any luncheons or office activities.
July is also…
National Recreation And Parks Month –
National Hot Dog Month –
National Blueberry Month –
National Ice Cream Month –
1 – Canada Day
4 – U.S.A Independence Day
15 – Rembrandt’s Birthday (1606)
20 – Anniversary Of Man’s First Landing On The Moon – 1969
22 – Parent’s Day
27 – National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
Plan ahead
August is: Help Teens Become Leaders Month
You can easily teach a leadership course to teenagers with our:
Today’s Teens – Tomorrow’s Leaders Instructor’s Manual.
It contains step-by-step lessons you can adapt to your schedule.
See what the lessons are and what parents, teachers, and teens have to say about the course
at: http://www.ConfidenceCenter.com/serv10.htm
Answer to This Week’s Trivia Question
Q. What constitutes 12 percent of an egg’s weight?
A. The shell
Joke of the Week
A man is madly in love with a princess and wants to propose, but an evil witch has cast a spell on him, and now he can say only one word a year. So he waits 14 agonizing years—accumulating all his words—before approaching his beloved.
Finally, the big day arrives. When he sees her, his heart skips a beat. He gathers his nerve, drops to his knees, and intones, “My darling, I have waited many years to say this: Will you marry me?”
The princess turns around, smiles, and says,
“Pardon?”
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(c) Copyright 2013 Harriet Meyerson.
