Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Still alive and kicking (somewhere under all these resumes!!)

I did not drop off the face of the earth… instead I have been completely overwhelmed with work and (imagine that!) haven’t found time for my diversionary blogging!

Fortunately, the amount of work we’ve been doing is paying off and we are having a banner year! We’ve achieved 84% of our yearly revenue goal and surpassed last year’s total revenue, and we’re just over half-way through the year!

What’s making for such a good year? Obviously we have a great team, and we’ve all been working hard. But I think in addition, we’ve put together some interesting, unusual and fun incentives for the team.

Now, we can’t always control when a deal will close, so the incentives here (I think) have more to do with keeping the team focused on the goal, and making sure that we’ve got enough “in the works” to make our goals.

Here are some of the incentives we’ve had this year:

  • Cash bonuses in the $100-250 range
  • Dinner out for the entire company and their significant others
  • Extra “casual days” for the team (including a “Casual Month”!)
  • A “tubing” trip for the company (including a Friday out of the office!)

So, here’s to my co-workers for the great year so far… and remember keep it up! Congratulations! Your hard work is appreciated by all of those around you! (Especially since if we meet that yearly goal before December 1, we'll all be taking the week between Christmas and New Year off!)

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