People are a company’s greatest asset

“People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.” Mary Kay Ash

Mary Kay was an American businesswoman and founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc.

Ash was widely respected. She considered the ‘Golden Rule’ the founding principle of Mary Kay Cosmetics. She advocated "praising people to success."

The Golden Rule or ethic of reciprocity is a maxim, ethical code or morality that essentially states either of the following:

• One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself.
• One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated.

A key element of the Golden Rule is that a person attempting to live by this rule treats all people with consideration, not just members of his or her in-group. The Golden Rule has its roots in a wide range of world cultures, and is a standard different cultures use to resolve conflicts.

It’s a good point to keep in mind each day and one to return to when times are tough and if we may have lost our way.

Have a good week!

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Booking a Motivational Speaker for Your Business

U.S. based leadership training consultant John Hersey has this to say about the importance of motivating your staff and talks about one of the main search criteria for finding the right speaker ..

“Any company that cares for its personnel and recognizes their value as the moving force behind its business’s achievement, especially for the duration of difficult times, will certainly invite a motivational speaker to boost their pride and knowledge.

By planning a seminar for your workers, you are surely working towards improving your company’s productivity, sales, and image. In past years, a company’s worth was thought to be on the equipment it possessed. Right now, men and women are a company’s insurance for good results so, rather than upgrading equipment, the leadership team must be working on upgrading its staff’s efficiency and high quality of life.

Yes, motivational talks not only boost efficiency, skills, and motivation, but they also enhance the way in which the individual perceives his life and the globe around him. Via these talks, you are demonstrating that you care about the individual behind the job title. Employees feel valued, and in turn, it makes them value your business considerably more. This is why it is crucial not only that you employ a motivational speaker but that you hire the appropriate one.

But, how specifically do you hire the appropriate speaker to benefit you as a lot as your staff? There are many criteria, but the first thing to keep in mind is to look locally. Due to spending budget, and if you are generating this as a regular practice, you should study local motivational speakers, simply because they mean savings in travel, hotels and skilled fees. Nevertheless, in no way sacrifice top quality to practicality.”

Chatterbox Events is based just outside London and naturally, if a client wants one of our speakers in Australia ... of course we’d be happy to help ..but generally we find we work mainly within the UK and European market.

We don’t work with divas! We DO employ top notch speakers, with great experience and charisma and humility. Invest in the right presentation for your business and we’ll take care to give you the best service. Flights and hotels don’t need to be 5 star. But your speaker does.

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A laugh a day keeps the doctor away .. and helps us to learn ;-)

U.S. based training and team building company ‘The Leaders Institute’ place add their voice to the huge value of laughter and fun within the team building environment ...

Here’s what one of their team has to say about it:

The Entertainment Value of Team Building Events

I’m ashamed to say that in the early part of my speaking career, I totally underestimated the value of entertainment in team building. Don’t get me wrong. I knew from day one that the best way to teach was to do so while people are having fun. Since I came from a teaching background, I learned very early on that people learn faster when they are laughing, so there has always been a focus on making the learning process entertaining. However, in the last ten years or so, a whole new team building industry has come onto the scene, and as a result, the entertainment aspect of training — specifically team building activities and events — has taken on a much bigger prominence.

A Great Team Building Event is Fun and Challenging!

Delivering a challenging activity in a fun and memorable way is an art. The very best team building event facilitators are those who sweep the audience into a fun activity making it appear as though a competition is occurring within the group. Those who can get positive peer pressure working in a way to build up energy along the way and add a little bit of comedy can ensure that the events are effective every time.

We love it when people concur with Chatterbox Events ;-) Go Guys! See you in Dallas someday for a beer ... ?!

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Paris Rocks!

Well, my lovelies, I've been doing some delving into the past. Wooooooo! (that was a ghost.  I know, not very obvious ;-)

It's heartening to see that there are companies out there who, as recently as late 2011, were following the lead from one creative bunch of people working in the most sophisticated of cities, Paris, and actively sought out their own way of frivolous and fun in-house team building (that’s how much they love it!)

And what a fantastic result they had.  So much so, that the idea snowballed around the City and beyond, engendering a website dedicated to this most original way of ‘getting to know your colleagues.’

Check out the link below to see just how effective and beneficial even a simple idea like this can be to a bunch of co-workers. Enjoy!

http://effectivetrainingdesign.com/category/team-building-activities/

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Team Building Vs Team Bonding

Chatterbox Events didn’t consider offering it’s quirky and original team building events to the corporate world without either our own heartfelt beliefs or serious research into this industry.

Included here are some collective thoughts we’ve gathered from out there in the ether about the difference between "team building" and "team bonding," with which we heartily agree.

We hope you can take a couple of minutes to read through this very interesting text because we believe it will give you the clarity and insight you need to quickly decide what kind of "Team Event" you're actually looking for this year ...

THERE IS A KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEAM ‘BUILDING’ AND TEAM ‘BONDING’ THAT IS OFTEN OVER-LOOKED …

In business, a "team" is defined as a group of people who collaborate or work together towards a common goal. A "team" implies synergy, meaning the whole is greater than the sum of their parts. The essence of a team is a common commitment, because without it, the members are simply a group of individuals.

Thus a team is primarily about relationships within that team, and team ‘building’ strives to improve and enhance those relationships.

In order to truly build a team, team members first need to understand themselves, their strengths, their weaknesses and their own abilities to contribute. Then they must learn to understand their team-mates, their strengths and weaknesses, how they communicate and process information ... and their roles within the team. Finally they must fully understand the overall synergy within the team and what makes the strength of that team stronger than the sum of its parts.

Conversely, team ‘bonding’ is an opportunity for a company to reward its employees and for employees to introduce themselves to their colleagues on a more informal level.

In most organisations there is generally little time for colleagues to socialise and learn more about each other. You and the person who sits next to you at work may have more in common than you know. Whatever the activity might be, the goal is to allow colleagues to learn more about one another in a different setting, increase the number of areas of compatibility and provide for a more relaxed and understanding work environment.

In summary:

Before you decide to book a team "building" or a team “bonding” event for your staff or employees you need to ask yourself the following questions:

1) What is the true purpose of this event? Is it primarily an annual reward and opportunity for your people to spend a paid day together away from the office environment?

Or are there real problems blocking your team from maximising its potential?

Or .. is the team working well, but you think some direction might make them better yet?

2) Do you have any quantifiable objectives for the event? Do you simply want your employees to have some fun and blow off some steam together? Or would you like to see measurable improvement in their communication, co-operation, goal setting and problem solving?

3) If you would like to see some quantifiable improvements, how much time are you willing to commit?

Once you have established these answers you can begin to search for the appropriate event and

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