Tuesday Tidbit: A Team Gratitude Activity

Tuesday Tidbit: A Team Gratitude Activity

It’s hard to keep everyone focused on work this time of year. Between Thanksgiving and the New Year there are countless distractions. As a team leader, you can leverage the holidays to have a little fun and strengthen your team spirit. Best of all, it...
BFP Inspiration Moment on Perpetual Gratitude

BFP Inspiration Moment on Perpetual Gratitude

With our national Thanksgiving holiday this week, there is a lot of emphasis right now on gratitude. I like the idea of perpetual gratitude expressed by Thoreau in this week’s inspiration. Sure, it’s great to be thankful for family, food and shelter as we...
BFP Inspiration Moment on the Beauty of the Autumn Dying

BFP Inspiration Moment on the Beauty of the Autumn Dying

I am fortunate to live near a golf course; it’s a great place to walk. Last week, I stopped along the cart path to take a few photos of the brush. I found it to be so beautiful, even though the plants were dying or even already dead. One of those photos is...

Take the time to appreciate employees and they will reciprocate in a thousand ways. -Bob Nelson

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BFP Inspiration Moment on Being Lucky, Duckie

BFP Inspiration Moment on Being Lucky, Duckie

Ah, dear Dr. Seuss. He always had a way with words, didn’t he? So, dear Duckie, when was the last time you thought about how lucky you really are? Do you reinforce that positive message to yourself? Enough? At all? Our self-talk has a huge impact on our state of...