Summary: Hotel closures on the horizon in Q1Airline travel increasingSlow vaccine rollout delaying widespread industry recoveryRegional events planned in 2021Group travel bookings starting for 2022 The travel and hospitality industries have been hit very hard through...
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Anyone Can Be Creative – Here’s How!
It’s Human Nature Creativity; it’s one of those traits you either think you possess or you don’t, right? But what is reality? According to a Forbes Councils Member contributor, creativity is for everyone! The author, Ben Plomion, talks about two kinds of creativity:...
Get to Know ME with Dave Bunge
Dave Bunge is celebrating an anniversary with Motivation Excellence this month! Read below and watch the video to learn some fun facts about our game-loving web developer. Anyone else out there broken the same bone multiple times? We’re glad you’re all healed now,...
Get to Know ME with Tina Roszak
We’re happy to give you a little inside peek at one of our Travel Program Managers, Tina Roszak! It’s teammates like Tina who make working at Motivation Excellence a happier place. Just don’t let her get you in her “sights” apparently. LOL. What’s your title and how...
Bouncing Back Better than Before – How You Can Learn Resilience
2020 is priming us all for a great lesson in resilience. A pandemic, job losses or burnout, hoarding at the grocery stores and isolation are a lot to deal with for anyone! Add in renewed calls for racial justice plus another contentious political climate and we all...
Pave Your Way to Success with Persistence – 5 Steps to Get You Going
The street of success is paved with a great number of stories about persistence and perseverance. Micheal Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.J.K. Rowling had 12 publishers reject her Harry Potter manuscript.Steven Spielberg was rejected from film...
Motivation Excellence Celebrates Back to Back Honors
It’s with great pleasure we announce being honored with the Best and Brightest Companies to work for® in the Nation distinction again in 2020! Motivation Excellence is one of 147 national winners among 1,300 applicants. We hold 2019 honors for this national category,...
Get to Know ME with Jen Hurley
There are some people who just have a knack for numbers! Jen Hurley is one of those people who happens to work in our accounting department – how fortunate for us! Read and watch Jen tell us some inside info on the joys she has at Motivation Excellence and at home....
Group Travel Forecast into 2022 – Plan Ahead Now
There is no doubt the travel and hospitality industries have been hit very hard through the COVID-19 pandemic. The damage ranges from critical to dire, depending on the sector. The American Hotel and Lodging Association warned its industry is on “the brink of...
MAXRewardsYourWay: Show appreciation for stellar work in a challenging year
Generate excitement among your target audience with customizable reward packages. MaxRewardsYourWay allows you to select the award value, while inspiring your potential recipients to work toward an instant lifestyle upgrade! Each package is filled with great items...
Get to Know ME with Jayne Schmitt
We love to see when people evolve in their roles at Motivation Excellence. Jayne Schmitt is a perfect example of someone who started in one area and shifted as the company grew and changed. It’s also her anniversary month, so wish her a happy 26th year at ME! What’s...
Being Inclusive Leads to a Better Business
We all know that feeling of being left out, bullied, embarrassed or far worse. For some it ended in childhood, but for others it continues into adulthood. It’s reported even bullies tend to be picked on by someone, thus learning the behavior they use to torment...
Get to Know ME with Rebecca Steiner
Rebecca Steiner joined our team four years ago and has made a name for herself at Motivation Excellence! Read and see/hear more about her in our Get to Know ME blog and video chat. Then let her know if you want to learn how to water ski!...
Put Your Safety Harnesses On – Innovation During a Pandemic
Image credit: Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash One of the hottest words in 2020 is innovate. Innovation is often born out of crisis and 2020 has been one whopper of a crisis! The “coronacoaster” is taking us all on quite the ride. Businesses most affected are looking...
Announcing MAXRewardsNOW: Say “Thank You” to Your Essential Employees
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary action, which is why we are proud to announce the launch of the MAXRewardsNOW program. We want to help you implement an easy-to-set-up rewards program, with high perceived value to your employees. It will save you time and...