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Ever Been Motivated by a Poster?

26 October, 2014 by James Lawther 5 Comments

Quality Poster

Imagine you make fish fingers for a living… Don’t laugh, it is a tough job I used to do it, I smelled awful after an 8 hour night shift cutting up blocks of frozen cod.  The icy, sleety, wind from the North Sea was a positive boon when I walked out of the plant 6 in […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: communication, motivation, slogans, W. Edwards Deming

Do Slogans Work for You?

12 March, 2013 by James Lawther 10 Comments

Retro Slogan

Slogans are big business. You can buy all sorts of motivational and inspirational posters on-line. A quick trawl of the internet will net you: Cute slogans: Important slogans: Retro slogans: Innovative slogans: Slogans on stickers: Even slogans on door mats: You can buy more slogans than you can shake a stick at.  A simple easy […]

Filed Under: Blog, Employee Engagement Tagged With: capability, cheap and nasty, motivation, slogans

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