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1. Top 10
Morale
Booster
- Jody Urquhart

2. Top 10 Morale Boosters…
Boosting Morale is not a one time shot. It takes time, effort and energy to keep an
upbeat attitude alive. I suggest you take one of these morale boosters and
implement it, see how it's working and then consider another one.
1. Boost Pride & Professionalism
2. Organizations that play together, stay together
3. Glean the element of surprise
4. Smiling Inspires Confidence
5. Tell your story
6. Manage Expectations
7. Settle for No Less than Learning
8. Insist on Respectful Behavior
9. Involve
10.Laugh, Lighten up and enjoy your Mind!

3.  Know more about these points:
 Boost Pride & Professionalism. Have any shrinking violets at work?
With meaningful work everyone should be proud of their role. If you
don’t sense the pride than you know people need to be recognized for
their contribution. Show employees why they should be proud and that
their work is meaningful. Of the top reasons people leave their workthey don’t feel appreciated. ACTION- Don’t leave this to fate, make sure
people feel genuinely recognized. Appoint employees to this role (make
it a game or give incentives to keep recognition alive).
 Organizations that play together, stay together. It’s trite but true.
Playing around turns the routine into a festive and encourages positive
workplace rapport. ACTION- Add humor and play to meetings
 Glean the element of surprise. People remember the unexpected (i.e. Not many people will forget September 11th). ACTION- Create positive
memories by engaging in the unexpected. Surprise people with
activities, rewards, games, and recognition. Be Creative- the more
surprising the better!
 Smiling Inspires Confidence. Smirk- it’s good for business. People feel at
ease and comfortable when others smile. When your staff smiles it
inspires confidence. ACTION- Spend time walking around smiling and
encourage (insist?) people smile at work.
 Tell your story. Your organization has a purpose, history and vision…
Share it. Your story helps people feel like a part of something important.
ACTION- Communicate your story often at meetings and retreats.
Appoint employees to act it out or tell it at company events.
 Manage Expectations. High Expectations lead to disappointment. Define
for your employees and customers reasonable expectations. ACTION.
Clearly outline what others can expect from any interaction/ procedure
or role. Under promise so you can routinely over-deliver.

4.  Settle for No Less than Learning. Learning is a priority so look for the
lesson in everything. Treat mistakes as learning opportunities. Most
people are doing the best they can given the time and resources they
have. ACTION. When mistakes happen, don’t punish, but make sure they
are treated as a learning opportunity.
 Insist on Respectful Behavior. Disrespectful acts are instant morale
crushers. ACTION. Clearly define and communicate what is respectful
behavior and what is not. Acts of disrespect should be reprimanded.
Challenge each other with respect
 Involve. The more you involve people in problem solving the more they
will buy into the solution. ACTION. Create a system to solicit input and
incorporate it before rolling out change.
 Laugh, Lighten up and enjoy your Mind! New brain research by Dr
Candace Pert suggests that when we laugh, we use our brain to its
highest capacity. Laughter immediately boosts endorphins, increases
energy and decreases stress hormones. ACTION. Have laugh breaks to
encourage the active use of humor. Put games, joke books, stand up
comedy tapes in the lunch and break areas to help people engage their
humorous side.
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---------------------------------------------------------------Thank You
Jody Urquhart
http://www.idoinspire.com