MTM Recognition Bloghttp://www.mtmrecognition.comhttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Building-Championships MTM Recognition's Oklahoma City headquarters welcomed guests from CBS College Sports recently for a "behind the scenes" look at the making of the NCAA Championship Trophy.   MTM has been the official supplier of t...Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:39:16 G7Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Happy-Birthday-Special-OlympicsJuly 20, 2010 marked the 42nd Birthday of the Special Olympics movement.    As I reflect today on my 20 plus year involvement with Special Olympics, I think back to Baton Rouge where I volunteered for the first time at the ’83 In...Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:55:43 G7Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/SHRM-2010Moments before the Expo doors opened for the largest Human Resources conference of the year, MTM was preparing for the onslaught of the 11,000 conference attendees that would flood the SHRM Expo hall. With over 600 vendors, it was a veritable shop...Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:56:31 G7Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/2010-MTM-Sales-MeetingI hit the ground running with my first Annual Sales Meeting (ASM) experience at MTM Recognition. When I started at MTM in March I heard stories about past ASMs and I envisioned a huge, remarkable event. I was right. I helped in the planning proces...Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:23:49 G7Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/HighFiveMTM Recognition, a provider of recognition solutions and manufacturer of recognition awards, today announces its newest, do-it-yourself recognition points program called HighFive™. The premise of MTM’s most innovative employee engagement program i...Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:25:25 G6Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/So-what-is-Performance-Improvement-and-why-is-it-on-everyones-mindWhat is a motivated person? How do we recognize them? How do we define motivation? These are questions our clients ask daily. How do you elicit performance improvement from your most important asset: your people? Academic and practical theories ...Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:16:39 G6Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Successful-OnboardingA first impression only happens once. There are no do-overs. Those first seconds, hours, days...even weeks, set the tone for the connection of your new hires to your company. How you assimilate or onboard a new staffer, has a significant impact on...Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:13:38 G6Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Be-NiceA good friend of mine concludes nearly every conversation we have by telling me to “Be Nice.”  He is a nice guy himself and he encourages me not just by saying the words, but by the way he lives.Something happened to me today that reminded me...Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:29:00 G6Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Jack-Nortz-continuedUpon returning from the Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada, to my home town of Syracuse, New York, I was excited about trying my hand at wood carving.  I had seen a wood carving that had inspired me and I was ready to see if this was som...Fri, 28 May 2010 15:33:43 G5Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/A-Sculptor-Jack-Nortz My name is Jack Nortz and I am the lead sculptor at MTM Recognition.  I have never written a blog or read a blog in my life so I am winging it from the get-go.    I have always been a sports nut since I can remember.&nb...Fri, 21 May 2010 15:24:36 G5Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Become-a-Leader-in-Your-LifeNow more than ever, people need great leaders.  Great leaders have something in common – strong self-belief.  Beliefs drive your actions and actions create results.  If you don’t believe you can lead, you’ll find all the evidence...Tue, 18 May 2010 17:48:49 G5Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Recognition-Has-a-Proven-Track-RecordRecognition has a proven track record of engaging employees and is especially critical after a long, lean period, when employees have often been overstretched and under-rewarded.A recent Manpower study showed that over 60 percent of workers plan t...Tue, 11 May 2010 14:28:03 G5Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/McCelebration This past week, over 13,000 owners, operators and guests of the largest and most global retail food chain gathered in Orlando for a worldwide convention to share ideas, celebrate success and look at ways to improve for the future. It was...Mon, 03 May 2010 16:52:46 G5Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/-The-THUNDER-RollsThe excitement is electric in Oklahoma City as its new NBA team, the Thunder, rolls out its 50th win and are in the playoffs. Who would have predicted that the regular season would end with a record equal to the likes of the Boston Celtics, tha...Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:08:13 G4Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Build-Engagement-Through-Successful-OnboardingA first impression only happens once. There are no do-overs. Those first seconds, hours, days... even weeks, set the tone for theconnection of your new hires to your company. How you assimilateor onboard a new staffer, has a significant impact on ...Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:21:52 G4Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/2009-Emerging-Workforce-StudySpherion Staffing has sponsored a longitudinal study spanning more than a decade (1997 – 2009) backed by the well known international polling firm Harris Interactive. The economic meltdown of 2008 has been a game changer that will likely hav...Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:52:04 G4Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Building-A-Productive-Millennial-WorkforcePerhaps the most talented generation of employees, the Millennials, are entering the workforce. They are trying to figure out where your company fits in their lives. Not where they fit in your company. Engaging this generation in a way that unders...Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:55:21 G4Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Thrill-of-Tournament-PlayAs I watched the OU women play in the Elite Eight,  I didn’t have to imagine what Abi Olajuwon was feeling as she stepped on the court, having been a fellow post player at a major Division I school.  Rewind to March 1992 and my sop...Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:53:59 G4Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/You-Need-Social-MediaFor many of us social media is brushing our teeth. We don’t think about it - it’s just part of our daily routine. We forget some of you are still trying to convince some of “them” that your organization is risking irrelevance. With no less than yo...Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:29:13 G3Thttp://mtmrecognition.com/Post/Show/Parsleys-Perspective Brian is a Certified Professional Behavior Analyst who travels the world helping organizations change the way they do business. Pulling from his experience as Chairman of a national online recruitment site, Brian knows what it takes to creat...Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:19:33 G3T