{"id":3375,"date":"2014-02-11T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T07:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2014-01-22T12:59:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T18:59:39","slug":"employee-morale-youre-worth-a-pound-of-gold-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/employee-morale-youre-worth-a-pound-of-gold-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Morale: You’re Worth a Pound of Gold Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"

How about an easy, low-cost way to raise employee morale? Here’s a delicious way to make your employees feel “golden.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ConfidenceCenter.com’s Weekly Newsletter – February 11, 2014<\/h5>\n

Word and Quote of the Week<\/h4>\n

*** Clarity ***<\/p>\n

(Download this word on a printable poster in the Employee Morale Center. Info at http:\/\/www.EmployeeMoraleCenter.com)<\/p>\n

*** “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”<\/p>\n

\u2014Henry David Thoreau: American author, poet, and philosopher<\/p>\n

Trivia Question of the Week<\/h4>\n

Q. What was Citizen Kane’s first name? (Answer at the end of this newsletter.)<\/p>\n

Employee Morale Activity<\/h3>\n

You’re Worth a Pound of Gold Reward<\/h3>\n

Idea contributed by several members of NORTEX<\/p>\n

Here’s a delicious way to make your employees feel valued and appreciated.<\/p>\n

1. Buy Hershey’s Nuggets that are wrapped in gold paper, or any candy wrapped in gold paper.<\/p>\n

2. Put the candy in a clear plastic bag.<\/p>\n

3. Write a thank you note on an index card that has been folded in half, and punch a hole in the corner.<\/p>\n

4. Tie it to the bag using gold ribbon.<\/p>\n

5. Give them to deserving employees who will treasure your – Pound of Gold – rewards.<\/p>\n

Answer to This Week’s Trivia Question<\/h4>\n

Q. What was Citizen Kane’s first name?<\/p>\n

A. Charles<\/p>\n

Joke of the Week<\/h4>\n

Ricky was ten when my husband and I were expecting our fifth child. We called a family conference, and encouraged the kids to voice their opinions about the new addition. Our daughter hoped for a sister, while two of the boys wished for another sparring partner.<\/p>\n

Ricky, though, had one concern: \u201a”Now how are we going to share a dozen doughnuts?”<\/p>\n

Free Employee Morale Video Series<\/h4>\n

See free videos on how to create employee spirit teams: Get Instant Access to the Employee Spirit Team Magic Video Series<\/a><\/p>\n

(c) Copyright 2014 Harriet Meyerson, The Confidence Center<\/p>\n

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How about an easy, low-cost way to raise employee morale? Here’s a delicious way to make your employees feel “golden.” (This is our creative low-cost morale booster in this issue of our newsletter, Employee Morale Tips. The newsletter also has a motivational quote, trivia, and joke of the week.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3375"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3384,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375\/revisions\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/confidencecenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}