Happy Month of Love! Valentine’s Day is one of my very favorite holidays because it is a time to tell all the people you love how much they mean to you. I have always sent 25 – 30 valentine cards, ecards and gifts just to surprise people who have made a difference in my life. Consider this email a Valentine for all of you who are a part of my online family. I am grateful for each one of you!
Although both my trips in January and February were cancelled (Chicago because of the frigid weather and India because of medical complications with my travel partner), it has allowed me time to work on my theme for the year, SIMPLIFY, as well as to reconnect with people I have missed and to make some new friends.
One of the highlights of this month was an interview with Linda Carson at ABC-7. Click here to watch the 5 minute interview. I hope you are all surviving winter and enjoying the blessings of purposeful work, good health, and friends and family. .
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“Thank you for being so flexible with your schedule to offer your presentation at all hours of the day AND night to accommodate our organization’s 24/7 operation. Barbara, you deliver a very powerful message, stimulating both one’s mind and one’s heart.” ~ Wendy J. Bailey, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics
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Idea of the Month – Add Caring to Your Workplace & Home with the “Red Plate” w Di
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THE IDEA:
Whenever I work with a department or an organization over a period of time, I love to give them the “Red Plate.” For many years the “Red Plate” has been our favorite family tradition. It is just that–a bright red plate with white hand painted lettering along the edge that reads, “YOU ARE SPECIAL TODAY.” It came with the following explanation:
The Red Plate is the perfect way to acknowledge someone’s special triumphs, to celebrate a birthday or praise a job well done, reward a goal achieved, or simply to say, “YOU ARE SPECIAL TODAY.” When the Red Plate is used, any occasion becomes a celebration honoring a special person, event, or deed. It is a visible reminder of love and esteem. The Red Plate — make it a tradition with your family, friends, and co-workers, symbolizing the good and happy times. It will speak volumes of love when words just aren’t enough.”
THE IDEA IN ACTION:
For our family, the “Red Plate” is one of the best ways we have found to bring joy, affirmation, and encouragement to others. Whenever we have a guest for dinner, he or she gets the “Red Plate.” Whenever there is a special occasion–from birthdays, the first night home after being away , finishing a hard project or getting a good grade on a test, that person gets the “Red Plate.”
However, the most important use for our Red Plate has been for the hard times, those times when someone has worked and worked to get a part or make a team or win an election, and they have been disappointed. Someone in the family always makes sure they get the “Red Plate” that day as a symbol that they are still special, no matter what has happened.
I also believe every office should have a “Red Plate.” Many years ago I gave the “Red Plate” as a gift to the company that published my first two books. I presented it to the Publisher at an all-company gathering where I was speaking and explained how we had used it in our family. One of the most touching stories of its use was from a young man who was the receptionist in the building. He called to tell me how surprised and delighted he was to be one of the first recipients of the “Red Plate.” He said, “I thought only management would get it.” He then decided that he would add his special touch, so when he passed the “Red Plate” on to someone who had made a difference for him, he put a Danish on it and thus began a new tradition in their organization!
TIPS FOR IMPLEMENTATION:
The “Red Plate” is a fun and visible way to show appreciation in a company and also to create a new organizational tradition. Legends grow up around who got the “Red Plate” and why. Each person who receives it gets to keep it in his or her office for a while and then they are asked to “pass it on.” The “Red Plate” has been the bearer of many deposits in employee’s emotional bank accounts!
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” Barbara’s heartwarming stories move and inspire us! She takes the time to get to know and understand her audience. Barbara lights up the room with her ‘contagious enthusiasm™!’ ” ~ Peter Hart, CEO, Rideau Recognition Solutions
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Creating Glimpses of JOY!
My belief is that our workplaces should be places of joy. After all, we spend half our lives there, so working in an environment that encourages us to be our best selves, that challenges us to constantly stretch and grow, and that nurtures our souls
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Where in the World is Barbara?
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MARCH
5 – 8 Las Vegas, NV
28 – 30 Reykjavik, Iceland; Snaefellsnes Excursion
31 Seljalandsfoss & Skogarfoss Waterfalls / Black Sand Beaches / Vik / Northern Lights Experience
APRIL
1 Vik / Geysir/Gulfoss/ Thingfvellir
2 Reykjavik / Reykjanes Peninsula / Blue Lagoon
3 Reykjavik
9 -10 Recognition Professionals International, Atlanta, GA
11 – 12 SHRM Jacksonville, FL
21 – 22 Berlin, Germany
23 – 24 Wittenberg, Germany
25 Meissen, Germany
26 Dresden, Germany
27 Saxon Switzerland, Germany
28 – 30 Prague, Czech Republic
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“Your message of a personal, human touch in connection with leadership will have a lasting effect. Your ideas on how to CARE for others and create spirit in the cluster will greatly benefit the Directors of The Pampered Chef.” ~ Maggie Fredericks, The Pampered Chef
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You’re here for a reason and if you think you’re not
I would just say that perhaps you forgot –
A piece of the world that is precious and dear
Would surely be missing if you weren’t here.
If not for your smile and your laugh and your heart.
This place we call home would be minus a part.
Thank goodness you’re here!
Thank goodness times two!
I just can’t imagine a world without you.
~Nancy Tillman
Never forget that the three most powerful resources you have available to you: Love, Prayer, and Forgiveness. ~ H. Jackson Brown
Life is short. If you don’t look around once in awhile, you might miss it!
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.~ Elizabeth Kubler Ross
In the Talmud it says: “Every blade of grass has an angel bending over it whispering, ‘Grow, grow!’ ” Surely, we must all have an angel bending over us.~ Rita Emmett
To know someone here or there with whom you feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts unexpressed–that can make this life a garden. ~ Goethe
He who has a “why” to live for can bear with almost any “how.” ~ Victor Frankl, Nazi concentration camp survivor
Language has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone, and the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone. ~ Paul Tillich
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. ~ Maya Angelou
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“Barbara was enthusiastic herself which immediately proved that enthusiasm is contagious! I enjoyed her spirit and her examples to bring back to share with co-workers. ~ NEOGOV Conference.”
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Thank you so much for being a part of our team and spreading YOUR contagious enthusiasm wherever you find yourself in life. Please let us know any ways we can be of help to you as you plan your association, company, or manager’s meetings. We would love to help you discover new ideas you can apply immediately in the areas of Employee Engagement, Customer Service, Appreciation & Recognition, and Creating a Culture of Kindness.
“Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.” ~ Mother Teresa
Blessings,
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