Employee Recognition: Recognizing Your Fourth Line at Work. There was a great leadership and workplace lesson displayed in the dying seconds of the NHL Stanley Cup final game by the head coach of the

Six Customer Service Messages Employees Need to Hear. If you want to be a service-first culture who is known for their exceptional customer service and customer experience, then I've got six essential customer service messages you need to relentlessly communicate to your employees. Six customer service messages you need to infuse throughout your culture, six key customer service training messages. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

Including Introverts When Planning Workplace Events. Up to 50% of your workplace might include introverts, and yet introverts often complain that they don't feel like they are considered when workplace events are planned, whether it's workplace social events, team building events, or event meetings. If you want to build a more inclusive workplace then you must include and involve your introverts. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

Employee recognition ideas: Three Groups to Recognize! Employee appreciation and recognition, MEANINGFUL employee recognition and appreciation, is one of the keys to building an inspiring, productive workplace culture. Here are three groups to recognize, three groups to pay particular attention to and be more intentional with when it comes to your recognition efforts: your support team and support staff, teams in general, and the family members of employees! @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

How Small Moments Build Great Workplaces and Cultures. In my book, "Small Moments, Big Outcomes: How Leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results" I talk about the power of small moments to build a more collaborative, inspiring workplace culture. It is the small workplace moments that build great workplaces. It's in the small moments where we demonstrate our humanity and compassion to one another at work. Great workplaces and great workplace cultures start by embracing the small moments as an opportunity to make a real difference. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces

Questions to to Live Your Workplace Company Values Out Loud. If you value your workplace and company values, then you need to live your workplace values out loud. I've got several questions to help you live your workplace values out loud, questions to guide rich conversations about your values, questions to help you model your values and to treat your workplace values as lines in the sand. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

How Good News Conversations Build an Inspiring Workplace. In my book, "Small Moments, Big Outcomes: How Leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results" I write about the importance of workplace conversations as a key way to build a more collaborative, inspiring workplace. I write about different types of workplace conversations, and in this video I highlight one of the most powerful types of conversation you can have, whether you are a leader or employee: Good news conversations. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces

15 Ways to Be a More Intentional as a Leader. Great workplace cultures don't just happen by accident. It takes intentional leadership throughout your organization, at every level. I've got 15 ideas for you on how you can lead with greater purpose and intention, based on my latest book, Small Moments, Big Outcomes: How leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

Six Reasons Leaders and Companies Ignore the Need to Change. Why do leaders often ignore the need to change, even in the face of obvious evidence? Why are companies or leaders slow to adapt to the changes around them? Why do so many resist the need to adapt to the change around them? I'm sharing three common responses to change and six reasons why leaders and companies often fail to change or adapt quickly enough. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

How Leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results! Excited to announce my latest book, "Small Moments, Big Outcomes: How Leaders Create Cultures That Fuel Extraordinary Results." Packed with relevant ideas, this book will help you lead with more purpose and confidence and help you create a more compassionate, collaborative, resilient, innovative, service-focused, and FUN workplace culture that drives the results you need! It's about the small moments that can make a huge difference in your workplace! @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces

How to Attract and Retain the Best Employees. Key tips to help you attract and retain the best employees; attract and keep top performers and talent in your workplace. The key to attracting top employees and keeping top employees is to be intentional about building an inspiring culture, promoting your culture to attract top employees, and hiring with your culture in mind to keep your top talent. Building a culture of recognition and meaning will help you attract and retain the best employees. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

How to Change Your Workplace Culture: Workplace Culture Tips. Is it possible to change your workplace culture? Absolutely! I've got 7 tips to help you change your workplace culture; 7 strategies to help you change the workplace culture in any workplace. Workplace culture change doesn't have to be difficult, but you do need to be intentional when it comes to you workplace culture and treat culture as your #1 priority. For weekly tips to help you change and improve your workplace culture, hop over to www.MikeKerr.com to sign up for my weekly newsletter Inspiring Workplaces and you'll get the free eBook, "401 Ways to Create a More Inspiring and FUN workplace." @Michael@MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

How to Be Less Negative, More Constructive & Positive at Work. Instead of coming across like a negative, whining, complaining, not very constructive employee, here are some tips that can help you express your concerns and offer feedback in more positive, constructive way, rather that in a soul-sucking, fun-sucking negative way. No one, and I mean, NO ONE, wants to work with an overly negative person. Negativity saps everyone's morale and contributes to a toxic, negative workplace culture. I've got several ideas to squash negativity at work! @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

Food for Thought: Using Food to Spice Up Your Workplace. I've got a random list of ways you can use food in your workplace to boost morale, build teamwork and add more fun to your workplace. Food is a fabulous and fun way to spice up any workplace. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

Questions to Celebrate the End of The Year (and Other Milestones) at Work. Here's a great list of questions to help your team recap and celebrate the year, quarter, or even month that was. Celebrating milestones at work is an important way to track progress, infuse your workplace with fun and a spirit of celebration, and it gives team mates a chance to get to know each other better. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

Why is Questioning Such An Important Leadership Skill? The Motivating Power of Asking Employees for Ideas at Work. One of the most powerful ways to engage, inspire, and motivate employees is to ask them for their ideas. This story by movie director Ron Howard is a great example of just how powerful it can be to ask your employees for their ideas, to ask employees for their input. If you want to inspire and motivate your employees, get in the habit of asking them for their ideas and input. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces http://mikekerr.com

30 reasons your workplace needs more humor, 30 benefits to adding humor in the workplace to any company. Any company can benefit from more safe humor at work, as I write about in my book, "The Humor Advantage: Why Some Businesses Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank." More humor at work can reduce stress, improve resiliency, increase morale, improve employee engagement, improve communication, spark creative thinking, and create memorable customer experience moments. @MichaelKerrInspiringWorkplaces