What’s Next…?
I am often asked what the key is to Employee Engagement. We start with reasonable pay and essential health benefits but those are simply qualifiers for satisfaction. Employee Engagement addresses the intangibles that go above and beyond “job requirements”. Employee Engagement speaks to the things that allow us to love our job: • Recognition of [...]
Recognition Can Be a Piece of Cake
Today I read a post on the Fistful of Talent blog by Marisa Keegan in which she gives her thoughts on a recent episode of the show Cake Boss in which Buddy (the boss) decides to create an employee of the month program to motivate his staff. She details the crimes against recognition he commits [...]
Visit Booth #2419 at the Annual 2010 SHRM Expo to enter the “iPad A Day” giveaway!
It is our 75th anniversary, and we were recently certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise under our President, Ashley Fina.
We hope you will come celebrate with us at the 2010 SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition at the San Diego Convention Center June 27th- 30th at Booth 2419.
Creative Inspiration: Using Recognition to Stimulate Ideas
This week, New York City is having its very own Internet Week. While I’m not personally attending most of the events, as a creative communications person and a geek, I’ve been streaming most of the panels and listening in at my desk for tips and tools that might help me do my job better. I [...]
MICHAEL C. FINA IS SEEING S.T.A.R.S.
Michael C. Fina is a company that prides itself on practicing what it preaches, so we are all very excited about the launch of our new internal points-based recognition program called S.T.A.R.S. (Saluting Talent and Rewarding Success). S.T.A.R.S. will run on our proprietary Total Vision Recognition points platform, or TVR. TVR brings all of a [...]
YOU BETTER RECOGNIZE: SOBERING NEWS FOR 2010
Happy New Year! Have you made your resolutions? By the looks of things, many people may be resolving to find new jobs in 2010, as a new survey by the Conference Board reveals employee satisfaction is at an all time low. The study, issued yesterday, found that only 45% of the American workforce is happy [...]
Mandatory Gratitude – A Disservice to Good Service?
I recently came across this story out of Philadelphia about a couple who landed in hot water with the police after refusing to pay a tip at a city pub. They were part of larger party and were subject to the pub’s mandatory gratuity of 18%, however after receiving subpar service, opted to pay the [...]
At Michael C. Fina, We Make Every Day Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. In fact, we believe that being thankful, showing gratitude and celebrating is something we shouldn’t reserve for the fourth Thursday in November, but practice every day. It’s why we’ve made a business of recognizing and celebrating employees. We want to take this time to thank you, our customers, employees, associates, [...]
Give Yourself a Gold Star
How often are you given a pat on the back and how much does it mean to you? We work in employee recognition and our organization practices what we preach. We are given the opportunity to appreciate one another, voice our opinions and receive recognition from organizational leaders much more than most organizations (believe me [...]
Taking on the world’s recognition problems, one blog post at a time!
