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Creating A Recognition Program That Will Make Your Recipient Say Wow
Organizations that experience high employee morale are those that have thought out recognition programs in place.
A thought-out program includes:
- On-going attention being placed on the goal and why the goal is important
- The encouragement to participate and the continuing steps to take
- Creating the feeling of getting there
- And a final hoopla giving credit where It's due
We can help you put a recognition program in place that employees feel involved in. We'll help you create a work atmosphere that people enjoy and are having fun in while seeing progress being made.
Our program is not expensive, It's just doing simple things at the right time. Get us involved.
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Below are some inspirational quotes from influential people to make part of your award.
1. The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Muhammad Ali
2. Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision.
Muhammad Ali
3. Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
Mario Andretti
4. We are what we repeatably do. Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit.
Aristotle
5. What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.
Aristotle
6. Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
Mary Kay Ash
7. Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash
8. A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay Ash
9. Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
Mary Kay Ash
10. No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
Mary Kay Ash
11. People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
Mary Kay Ash
12. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.
Mary Kay Ash
13. Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
Mary Kay Ash
14. We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.
Mary Kay Ash
15. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Sir Francis Bacon
16. Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
James A Baldwin
17. Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead."
Roger Bannister
18. It ain't over 'til it's over.
Yogi Berra
19. Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
Paul "Bear" Bryant
20. Never, never, never give up
Winston Churchill
21. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill
22. History is written by the victors.
Winston Churchill
23. People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to...rather than detracts from... our lives.
Stephen R. Covey
22. If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow.
Phil Crosby
23. Quality has to be caused, not controlled.
Phil Crosby
24. It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles Darwin
25. Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
W. Edwards Deming
26. It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
W. Edwards Deming
27. Quality is everyone's responsibility.
W. Edwards Deming
28. What we need to do is learn to work in the system, by which I mean that everybody, every team, every platform, every division, every component is there not for individual competitive profit or recognition, but for contribution to the system as a whole on a win-win basis.
W. Edwards Deming
29. You can either take action, or you can hang back and hope for a miracle.
Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable.
Peter Drucker
30. Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Peter Drucker
31. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
32. The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
Peter Drucker
33. The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Peter Drucker
34. The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
Peter Drucker
35. Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
Peter Drucker
36. Nothing succeeds like success.
Alexander Dumas
37. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas A. Edison
38. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
39. I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
Thomas A. Edison
40. I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Thomas A. Edison
41. If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas A. Edison
42. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas A. Edison
43. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
44. The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Thomas A. Edison
45. Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
Thomas A. Edison
46. A mind that has been stretched will never return to its original dimension."
Albert Einstein
47. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
48. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
49. Always do what you are afraid to do.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
50. Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
51. Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
52. An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
53. Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
54. What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight-it's the size of the fight in the dog."
Dwight D Esinehower
55. Enthusiasm one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
56. I could use a hundred people who don't know there is such a word as impossible."
Henry Ford r
57. A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
Henry Ford
58. An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
Henry Ford
59. Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Henry Ford
60. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
Henry Ford
61. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
Henry Ford
62. It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Henry Ford
63. Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.
Henry Ford
64. Don’t find fault. Find a remedy.
Henry Ford
65. Well Done Is Better Then Well Said
Benjamin Franklin
66. A penny saved is a penny earned.
Benjamin Franklin
67. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Benjamin Franklin
68. Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Benjamin Franklin
69. It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin
70. Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
Benjamin Franklin
71. No nation was ever ruined by trade.
Benjamin Franklin
72. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size
of the fight in the dog."
Archie Griffen (two-time Heisman winner at a height of 5ft 9)
73. Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.
Mia Hamm
74. If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope
75. In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: People, Product, and Profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.
Lee Iacocca
76. Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Abraham Lincoln
77. Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.
Lou Holtz
78. I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Thomas Jefferson
79. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Thomas Jefferson
80. Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
Thomas Jefferson
81. You’ll always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Wayne Gretzky
82. It’s not what your teammates can do for you, it’s what you can do for your teammates.
Earvin “Magic” Johnson
83. I can accept failure, but, I can't accept not trying."
Michael Jordan
84. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."
Michael Jordan
85. The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination."
Tommy Lasorda
86. Inches make Champion
Vince Lombardi
87. The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
Vince Lombardi
88. The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
89. Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.
Vince Lombardi
90. Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
Vincent Lombardi
91. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur."
Vince Lombardi
92. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.
Vince Lombardi
93. If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it."
Ronnie Lott
94. Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye
95. Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billy Jean King
96. Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.”
Paul J. Meyer
97. Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!
Paul J. Meyer
98. Lead, Follow, or get out of the way.
Thomas Paine
99. If you put everything off till you're sure of it, you'll get nothing done." - Norman Vincent Peale
100. Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
Tom Peters
101. Celebrate what you want to see more of.
Tom Peters
102. Formula for success: under promise and over deliver”
Tom Peters
103. I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo Picasso
104. The more I practice, the luckier I get.
Gary Player
105. There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.
Pat Riley
106. If you Do What You’ve Always Done, You’ll Get What You’ve Always Gotten.
Anthony Robbins
107. To be a champion you have to believe in yourself when no one else will."
Sugar Ray Robinson
108. Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
109. The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
Babe Ruth
110. Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth
111. The customer is always right.
H Gordon Selfridge
112. Clear your mind of can’t.
Solon
113. Most games are lost, not won!
Casey Stengel
114. We were born to succeed, not to fail.
Henry David Thoreau
115. Believe it! High expectations are the key to everything."
Sam Walton
116. There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.
Sam Walton
117. We're all working together; that's the secret.
Sam Walton
118. Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Oprah Winfrey
119. Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
Oprah Winfrey
120. The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Emile Zola