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Inspiring Work Anniversaries: How to Improve Employee Experience and Strengthen Workplace Culture through the Untapped Power of Work Anniversaries

by Rick Joi (Goodreads Author)

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Jane Ryder said: " When I first heard about this book my reaction was “Work anniversaries? Really? Does anyone care about those?” But then I read it, and now I can honestly say I’m a complete convert.

There are a lot of reasons for that, beginning with the author’s cog When I first heard about this book my reaction was “Work anniversaries? Really? Does anyone care about those?” But then I read it, and now I can honestly say I’m a complete convert.

There are a lot of reasons for that, beginning with the author’s cogent arguments that celebrating work anniversaries *well* (that qualifier is important) is one of the easiest, most affordable, and potentially most meaningful ways an organization can improve its culture and the satisfaction, morale—and yes, productivity and retention, for those focused on the bottom line—of its employees. These arguments are well supported with facts and statistics, but also with common sense and great insight into the realities of working with human beings.

And that’s really what convinced me. Rick Joi puts the humanity back into the workplace, reminding us throughout the book that we’re not cogs in the machine, but individuals with lives of our own who are contributing to a shared purpose. Even if that purpose begins as just an exchange of work for money, by making employees feel seen and valued with something as simple as celebrating their workiversary well, the relationship between the organization and the employee can become more meaningful. Joi saliently points out that’s a win-win, as the employee is likely to find more fulfillment and satisfaction in their work, which makes them happier and makes the organization more productive. For those employees and organizations which deal directly with customer service it’s even a win-win-win, since customers are also going to be better served by employees who don’t hate their jobs.

I challenge anyone to read Rick Joi’s INSPIRING WORK ANNIVERSARIES and *not* come away wanting to put the book’s recommendations into immediate action. From the smallest non-profit organization to the largest multi-national conglomerate, there’s no business that can’t benefit from simply putting a little more thought and care (but surprisingly little expense) into how they celebrate work anniversaries.

And, in a very real way, doing so will make the world a better place for all of us. ...more "

Jan 10, 2024 08:17AM · see review

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Master and Commander: 20 Volume Set

by Patrick O'Brian

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The Magicians Trilogy

by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author)

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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

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And the mage’s long, listening silence would fill the room, and fill Ged’s mind, until sometimes it seemed he had forgotten what words sounded like: and when Ogion spoke at last it was as if he had, just then and for the first time, ...more

"Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water."

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“I wish you more happiness than can fit in a person.”
― Nina LaCour, We Are Okay

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“Two dollar a plate or a gram of gold dust,” he snapped like one of them nasty turtles in swamp lakes, and served two more customers while he was talking. “You take silver?” I held up one of them spoons. The man squinted at it then laughed, all high-pitched and mean. “Get out of here, I not a charity!”
― Beth Lewis, The Wolf Road

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“Those who defend war have invented a pleasant sounding vocabulary of abstractions in which to describe the process of mass murder.”
― Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza

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“Plum's own romantic history so far had been pretty limited, with minimal drama. It was one area where she felt comfortable lagging behind her peers. But she prided herself on her powerful philosophical insights into other people's relationships.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land

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“This has been the point of much of this book. The human brain is a machine designed by natural selection to respond in pretty reflexive fashion to the sensory input impinging on it. It is designed, in a certain sense, to be controlled by that input. And a key cog in the machinery of control is the feelings that arise in response to the input. If you interact with those feelings via tanha—via the natural, reflexive thirst for the pleasant feelings and the natural, reflexive aversion to the unpleasant feelings—you will continue to be controlled by the world around you. But if you observe those feelings mindfully rather than just reacting to them, you can in some measure escape the control; the causes that ordinarily shape your behavior can be defied, and you can get closer to the unconditioned.”
― Robert Wright, Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment

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