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Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a children's playground called Chutes and Ladders. It exemplifies the concept of "connectivity". It offers scores of unique "play features" like swings, slides and climbing apparatus connected by ramps, rope bridges, and crawling tubes. There were about a zillion kids the day I visited and everyone was having a great time. Okay, a few were having meltdowns but recovered quickly.

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When contemplating whether you mind your Ps & Qs at work, I am sure you immediately conclude, why yes! But do you really know the meaning of this statement? There are a variety of origins for this phrase, my favorite involves English pubs in the 17th century. Back then, bartenders would keep an eye on the alcohol consumption by tallying patron's pints and quarts. When customers got out of hand, barkeep would remind them to "mind their Ps and Qs". Another theory refers to saying please and thank you. If this is the case, then minding your Ps and Qs at work could really have an impact on your company's bottom line.

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When we think of choice, we think of freedom. The freedom to decide in or out, left or right, to do or not to do. The power to say, "this one" over "that one". As an abstract principle, you could say that choice is a good thing. It's empowering for individuals to chart their own course and determine their own destiny. This is also true in our world of motivating and engaging people with incentives and rewards. Most of our clients appreciate that we offer programs with a choice of offers. In fact, our Rewards Hub has thousands of options that can be included in a loyalty or engagement program. So how many choices is the right number? And how do you select the right rewards or incentives to offer?

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You probably don't list company advocate as a skills requirement when posting an open position. Admittedly, we don't either. But we realize that this special skill can be instrumental in building a strong culture. Unified, well-crafted, widely-distributed messages about your workplace or workforce can help turn your internal culture into a significant competitive advantage.

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In a sense the answer is easy. It's contained in the question. It's an acknowledgement and commitment to the belief that innovation drives business. Once you embrace this notion and cultivate it throughout your culture, creative thinking, new ideas, better processes, and novel programs become the propellant for business growth.

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Employee Appreciation Day, or Week, or Month (however we choose to celebrate it) has come and gone. Hundreds, thousands, even hundreds of thousands of gestures changed hands in March helping punctuate our belief that indeed, our colleagues and co-workers matter.

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Gallup, Deloitte, McKinsey, Aon Hewitt and many others report the majority of the American workforce is not engaged – 2/3rds of employees say they are not engaged or disengaged. Everyday, the Augeo employee engagement platform touches millions of employees around the globe, working to improve these numbers. I am happy to report that our numbers look much better than the national average. We have learned firsthand that this issue challenges not only Human Resource professionals, but is paramount for every manager who guides a team.

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Employee Appreciation Day reminds us all that acknowledging employees for living corporate values and achieving results is a daily discipline—a way of life.

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As a part of the Augeo Luminary Speaker's Series highlighting disruptive thinking – in conjunction with the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota – Augeo COO, Scott Moore, had a discussion with Kimmy Scotti, a venture capitalist focused on advancing women entrepreneurship. See what she has to say about being brave versus being fearless.

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