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One year after QBQ

Chuck Dahlgren — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:04:30 +0000

In America and around the world, our current culture tends to pass the buck or deny responsibility for the consequences of our actions. Homeowners are walking away from mortgages they could not afford from the start, our education system can’t keep up with global competition but the system goes unchanged, and legislature spends more time pointing the …

Celebrating a Sales Milestone in Style

Chuck Dahlgren — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:31:34 +0000

Yesterday was a BIG day for our company! We reached an all-time high business goal! We experienced “The WOW Effect”TM for ourselves! I want to thank all of my employees for a job well done! Our facility is located in the Midwest and we have been enjoying nice, warm spring weather, so we moved the …

Don’t Wait to Say Thanks – ARA Show 2012

Chuck Dahlgren — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:21:58 +0000

Bright lights, big city! Recently, I spent a week in Las Vegas at the 2012 ARA Show. It was a fantastic experience. I traveled with two of our lovely marketing ladies! They met with our customers in the tradeshow booth while I made two presentations. We started the week with a full day of set up! …

Recognition is Good Business Sense

Chuck Dahlgren — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:52:34 +0000

Just like any normal business activity employee recogition needs to make good business sense. Which means it needs to propel the business ahead rather then hinder its momentum. I’ll make it simple; here’s the relationship between employee engagement (aka: employee recognition) and business. What the Business Wants… The very best talent A team that is fully engaged in …

Improve Your Memory

Chuck Dahlgren — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:05:27 +0000

It is all in the details! When you deal with people you deal with the individual personality, individual spirit, and individual behavior. In order to interact on a personal level, you must know the detailed stuff about people like names, hobbies, areas of interest, family, etc… To do this on a regular basis you may …

What is Being Recognized?

Chuck Dahlgren — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:20:30 +0000

Recognition occurs in many forms in corporate America. It can be delivered publically or privately but the most common occassions for recognition include: What Companies Recognize Length of Service Above & Beyond Performance Sales Achievements Retirement Useful Employee Suggestions Value Champions Safety Attendance Successful companies are using recognition as an essential management tool to stay competitive in …

What ELSE Can Make Your Business Better?

Chuck Dahlgren — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:00:48 +0000

If you’ve been following this blog or Crystal D for any length of time you know I talk quite a bit about how business improves when employees are recognized. I talk about it so much you may have even turned a deaf ear to my message. If so, it is time to turn up the …

It is Employee Appreciation Day!

Chuck Dahlgren — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:59:11 +0000

Today, March 2, is Employee Appreciation Day; a day to commemorate employee contribution! In honor of today, we are treating all of our employees to donuts. In addition, I’d like to thank our staff members for their hard work and commitment during the first few months of this year. We are in the midst of our busy …

Hall of Fame Unvieling

Chuck Dahlgren — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:10:38 +0000

As you know we recently celebrated WOW Day together as a company. At that event we revealed our new Grand Value Champion and five individual Value Champions. We also honored a handful other employees for various accomplishments. Angel Zook, Grand Value Champion Every person who recieved an award that day was showered with gifts and …

Rumors of National Recognition Day

Chuck Dahlgren — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:23:18 +0000

I’ve heard rumors we are on the brink of creating a National Recognition Day. I am assuming this will be sort of like Mother’s Day for the recognition industry (only it will lack the family gatherings and promotional fuel from Hallmark). I LOVE this idea because it gives all facets of the recognition industry an opprotunity …