Active Listening is a Full Body Exercise
Active listening might not get your heart rate up like cardio, or increase muscle mass like weight lifting, but it definitely helps build your character and stretch your mind. From keeping eye contact to recognizing your body language, being a good active listener is a...
Keeping Your Company Culture Healthy – Here’s the Rx!
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We hear a lot about company culture these days. It’s becoming an increasingly important part of hiring and retaining top talent. GreatPlacetoWork.com points out Millennials are 11x more likely to leave a toxic work environment...
Encouraging Volunteering at Work Pays Off for Your Business!
Community involvement is a big deal at Motivation Excellence. At both our office locations, in Schaumburg, IL, and Traverse City, MI, our company sponsors volunteer activities several times a year AND allows employees to take two days off a year to help a favorite cause on...
Make Working from Anywhere Work for You!
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There was a very recent time when working from home was a special circumstance. Perhaps a once a week, or even once-in-a-while situation. Once the pandemic hit, industries that never thought they could offer WFH found...
Set Your Mind to Growth and See How High You Go!
Each month, we select a theme to help our readers learn more about a specific personal or professional topic meant to expand all of our horizons. This month, it’s no accident our theme is “growth mindset.”
Earlier in January 2022, we announced the acquisition of...
Making Resolutions & Keeping Them: Your Guide to Starting the New Year Off Right
Whether you are a New Year’s Resolution person or not, the end of one year and the beginning of a new one tends to make us reflect on what we’d like to change going forward. What can we be better at? What can the turning of a new year bring that we didn’t have in the past...
There’s a Reason “Grit” is in Integrity
Integrity is a heavy word, as in, not to be thrown around lightly. At the same time, it elevates the possessor high above the crowd. You see, when someone is described as having integrity, it means this person also possesses a myriad of other meaningful and weighty...
Don’t Be Scared of the Devil in the Details – Instead, Find an Angel to Help
Ever heard of the saying, “The devil’s in the details?” If you want the “deets” on how it came to being be sure to check out this link. The gist is that even though elements of a plan may seem small and insignificant, each one has the ability to foil the overall results –...
Embracing Empathy Will Make You Better at Home/Work/Everywhere!
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Can you feel it when there’s tension or frustration filling a room of your coworkers? Does hearing about a stranger’s brush with inequity rile up your anger? When your friend cries in front of you, do you tear up too? These are...
Showing and Gaining Respect, A Blog in Less than 450 Words
It’s all about the golden rule, isn’t it? Treat others the way you’d like to be treated. That is the bottom line regarding respect. Of course, there are other important ways you can show respect to others and lucky for you, we’re going to outline some of them right here! The...
