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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

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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

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #29: Send Co-Workers a Daily, Weekly or Monthly Inspiring Message

Tip #29: Send co-workers a daily, weekly or monthly inspiring message Short quotes, photos, videos and other inspiring items sent via e-mail are usually welcome. Don’t make them too long or people won’t read/view them. Also, be careful not to send … Continue reading

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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

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #20: Show People You Appreciate Their Job Performance

Tip #20: Show People You Appreciate Their Job Performance Have a gift sent to someone who’s a stellar performer. Don’t forget to show your appreciation all the time—not just once a year at performance review time! Do it formally and … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #17: Send a Hand-Written Thank You (or Other) Note of Appreciation

Tip #17: Write a hand-written thank you (or other) note of appreciation No one hand-writes notes any more… be different! The extra time, effort and cost of sending a hand-written note rather than an e-mail is a real WOW. Everyone … Continue reading

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50 Wys to WOW Your Others – Tip #16: Say Something Immediately

Tip #16: Say Something Immediately Don’t wait until later… “later” never comes! Don’t let the opportunity go by. We’ve all done it many times, I’m sure. We see or hear of someone doing something really good, and say to ourselves, … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #13: Give Someone a Surprise Gift (Part II)

Tip #13: Give Someone a Surprise Gift (Part II) Give them something they would buy for themselves. Pay for a mundane item or one of their regular bills. By giving them something they would actually buy for themselves, it frees … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #11: Go First!

Tip #11: Go First! Call someone who’s waiting for an answer from you before they call to ask you about it. Even if you don’t know the answer yet, you can call to at least let them know you haven’t … Continue reading

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50 Ways to WOW Your Others – Tip #5: Just Hop on the Bus, Gus

Tip #5: Just Hop on the Bus, Gus Pay for someone’s transportation to and from work for a month. Include parking & tolls! What a nice surprise to give someone who has to incur this cost every month, just to … Continue reading

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