Mary Robinson Reynolds' Column This Week
Using the Power of Acknowledgment Increases Your Bottom Line
Excerpt from Make A Difference with the Power of Acknowledgment UTRAIN® Program for Educators.
Core Values, your "reason for being," will determine your success in life and in the business of education. To help you or your school reinforce what's most important, and to show that you care, begin with the simple act of acknowledgment district -wide. It will have a continuous exponential ripple effect!
Acknowledgment makes more money!
According to Professor Daniel Goleman, who conducted research on how emotions affect the workplace for his book Primal Leadership, there is a direct correlation between employee morale and the bottom line.
One study found that every 2 percent increase in the "service climate" -that is, the general cheerfulness and helpfulness of the staff - saw a
1 percent increase in revenue.
To the small or large business owner and entrepreneur: Real leadership begins on the inside with your own commitment to inspire the best in others and be the difference you want to make in your lifetime.
Cooperative Leading is a philosophy - an attitude - that will work wonders for anyone in any type of leadership role.
Emerson said it best, "It's one of the most beautiful compensations in life that no person can help another without helping themselves."
For every 2 percent increase in the "service climate" - that is, the general cheerfulness and helpfulnesss of the staff - you get a 1 percent increase in revenue.
Do the math to determine how much of an increase in "service climate" it will take to increase your revenue as much as you may need right now.
There is a current Top 10 List of Businesses that are Growing and Hiring in the midst of the economy shift, one of which is Dreyer's, a $2 billion company with more than 6,000 employees. It just keeps on growing because of their …"I Can Make A Difference" Work Environment.
JUST IMAGINE what this will do for your classrooms and school culture , not to mention what it teaches the students about a great way to LIVE and succeed in this world.
The message has never been more clear: First, if you need a lift in your day, get out there and acknowledge someone. Second, if you need job security, advancement, money and credibility as your motivator, get out there and acknowledge someone and make it your daily practice and you'll get more of what you want in life... and less of what you don't!
Advancing Your Career, Creating Job Security
PLAN NOW to get this "Make A Positive Difference" Program on your In-service agenda for the very first part of this new year and you WILL see a synergizing effect over the entire workplace.
If you haven't already watched my newest Video Training Series for Educators, I hope you will grab a cup of tea and come join me in discovering just how DO-able this program is for your school. Click Here and watch the Education Video and then click the UTRAIN® Program for Education graphic below the video.
People who learn to acknowledge others will feel good about themselves. When we teach our teams "how" to safely and effectively become more authentic through learning how to genuinely acknowledge others during a week, month and/or year long experiment in human kindness... they WILL do outstanding when it comes to being able to relax and "think" when working together and doing so, synergistically. Why? Because in an emotionally calm state of mind, the LIGHT IS ON and somebody is in there doing their work... with purposeful intent! |
Mary Robinson Reynolds, M.S., Educational Psychologist, Author and Producer of the world renowned videos - 
