Compliments are not only nice to receive, they also contribute to success. Not only the one who gets a compliment will improve, also the one who hands it out. Teams that regularly praise, are UP TO 4X MORE SUCCESSFUL. How good are you at giving compliments? Today, March 1 is National Compliment Day. [...]
Hugging is healthy, we told you last week. Did you know writing love letters and cards also benefits your body and mind? The health effects are significant. ‘Aunt Nathalie, I love you.’ And: ‘This movie is for you because you are sóóóóóóóóóó sweet.’ When something unpleasant happens, the self-made cards and videos with [...]
In our previous blog, Gustaaf shared his story on how he came up with the idea of handing out stickers to improve his own happiness, and that of others. This blogpost provides you with even more in-depth information, written by Assistant Trainer and Designer Cheron, about our great rewarding system and how and [...]
Unbearable people, who doesn't know them? That one colleague who always brags, that neighbor who parks her car in an antisocial way again and again or your supervisor who always interferes with your work just a little too much. In these situations frustration, gossip or discomfort often arise faster than you'd like. According to research by the American psychologists Alan Cavaiola and [...]
Today is Character Day. On this day, more than 85,000 groups of people from 121 countries pay attention to the value of Strength Creators, the qualities, which make you strong and up to four times as successful. We are amongst them. During this third Character Day, people from all over the world, on all continents, [...]
Sometimes you come across video's that make a big impression. These two are good examples. Beautiful things become even more beautiful when [...]
In The Netherlands today is the start of the Week of Work Stress. It is the second time that such a week is organized. The Week of Work Stress is held to help address the topic. Because there is still a lot of shame among people who fall out, initiator and Social Affairs Minister Lodewijk Asscher knows. Do [...]
Having a best friend in the office, helps to be engaged, committed and involved. And to provide top performance. A nice chat, laugh, relaxing moment or talk in the coffee corner is not only pleasant. It is also very important. It increases your career opportunities 7x times. Having a nice chat, laugh, relaxing moment [...]
Disney's acclaimed, latest animation picture Inside Out takes place in the head of the 11-year-old girl Riley. Five emotions, personalized by as many characters - joy, fear, anger, sadness and disgust - help her to understand both the world in her head and that surrounding her. The script is based on director Pete Docter's own [...]
Wonder why Nathalie does the work that she does? What role her strong makers play? How the future ideally would look like for her? And how she wants to achieve that? She wil be sharing her story soon, on the American radio station 89.3 FM KZUM. In Community Matters, a weekly talk show on how people can come [...]
