IMAGINE if everyone in your workplace created WOW experiences for each other and for customers!
Motivational speaker Sandy Geroux has spent 18 years studying what makes people say WOW when it comes to their interactions with others. She has put that knowledge into her inspiring keynotes, breakouts, training sessions and books - and into this blog! - to help you “Turn Your Workplace Into a WOWplace" Subscribe below to start receiving Sandy's posts and get WOW ideas you can use immediately to create and inspire WOW experiences at work and at home.
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Category Archives: Rule #4: A WOWplace is Innovative, Creative & Fun!
50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #37: Decorate Someone’s Desk, Cubicle or Office
Tip #37: Decorate someone’s desk, cubicle or office. Do it up right on their birthday, anniversary, graduation, or other big life events. What a WOW it would be to come in and find your work area festooned with balloons, streamers, signs … Continue reading
50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #36: Institute Motivational Meeting Openers and Closers
Tip #36: Institute motivational meeting openers and closers. Open and/or close every meeting with something positive shared by an attendee. Set a new tone for your meetings with one or two minutes of positive sharing. So many meetings begin with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership/Employee Engagement, Podcast: 50 Ways to WOW Your Others, Rule #4: A WOWplace is Innovative, Creative & Fun!, Rule #5: A WOWplace is Rewarding
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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #34: Give Your Team Surprise Time Off
Tip #34: Give your team surprise time off. Surprise them on a Friday afternoon with lunch out and the rest of the day off. If your team has worked really hard on a project, reward them! Surprise your team… … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership/Employee Engagement, Podcast: 50 Ways to WOW Your Others, Rule #4: A WOWplace is Innovative, Creative & Fun!, Rule #5: A WOWplace is Rewarding
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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #33: Bring in Home-Made Goodies
Tip #33: Bring in home-made goodies. Home-made snacks and specialty dishes from your culture are great ways to share traditions. If someone likes your dish enough to ask for the recipe, share it! Sharing your traditions is a great … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership/Employee Engagement, Podcast: 50 Ways to WOW Your Others, Rule #4: A WOWplace is Innovative, Creative & Fun!, Rule #5: A WOWplace is Rewarding
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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #32: Do a Role Reversal
Tip #32: Do a Role Reversal Make or bring coffee, tea (or something else) to someone who usually brings it to you. It’s a huge WOW when the tables are turned! Performing a task for someone who usually has to … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership/Employee Engagement, Podcast: 50 Ways to WOW Your Others, Rule #2: A WOWplace is Respectful, Rule #3: A WOWplace is Human... Not Humanoid!, Rule #4: A WOWplace is Innovative, Creative & Fun!
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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #30: Wrap Up a Little Tchotchke Every Day for a Week and Leave it on a Co-Worker’s Desk
Tip #30: Wrap up a little tchotchke every day for a week and leave it on a co-worker’s desk. Inexpensive, fun, cute little items are great to receive – even more fun on consecutive days. Candles, stuffed toys, candies and mints … Continue reading
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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #28: Create Funny Stuff
Tip #28: Create funny stuff Make light of a situation to prevent it from becoming too “heavy.” Use public humor – rather than public scolding or accusation – to make a point. At my sister’s workplace, one department started losing … Continue reading
50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #27: Share Funny Stuff
Tip #27: Share funny stuff Boost spirits by sending people (tasteful) greeting cards, cartoons, gifts – anything comical. If it’s personally relevant, it’s even better! There are so many things on the Internet, on TV (Jeff Foxworthy’s “You might be … Continue reading
50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #25: Do the “Impossible”
Tip #25: Do the “impossible” Do something everyone said couldn’t be done. Learning the difference between difficult and truly impossible, then doing the difficult, creates big WOWs! Obviously we can’t do the literally impossible. But what people say is impossible, … Continue reading
50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #22: Start a FUN Committee at Your Office
Tip #22: Start a FUN Committee at your office Plan regular fun – and funny – activities that everyone can join. Focus on activities that will build teamwork and camaraderie. Don’t just hope that fun will occur in the workplace. … Continue reading
