{"id":2498,"date":"2013-10-15T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T15:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2013-10-15T11:18:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T15:18:04","slug":"i-spy%e2%80%a6happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2013\/10\/15\/i-spy%e2%80%a6happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"I Spy\u2026Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy employees help a company\u2019s bottom line. Unhappy employees hurt productivity. In the face of research studies proving engaged employees work harder and come up with better ideas, you\u2019d figure companies everywhere would be scrambling to improve the workplace. You\u2019d be wrong.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though creating a better work culture doesn\u2019t cost very much, a lot of companies have yet to make the leap. Here\u2019s where we come in: Starting this week, three ASI employees will visit 16 suppliers and distributors doing it right. The best part is that you can tag along \u2013 virtually \u2013 throughout the eight-day Counselor<\/em> Best Places to Work Tour<\/a> to learn what it takes to turn frowns upside down at your company.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, November 21, you can take another short-cut to improved productivity by attending ASI\u2019s very first Counselor <\/em>Best Places to Work Conference<\/a> in Santa Barbara, CA. Our 12 hot-shot speakers will teach you how to quickly and easily pump up your employees and create the kind of work culture that results in happier people \u2013 and higher performances.<\/p>\n

The first thing you need to do is to start following Melinda Ligos (@ASI_melinda), Andy Cohen (@ASI_andycohen) and Joe Haley (@ASI_joehaley) at www.CounselorMag.com\/roadtour<\/a> or on Twitter (#counselortour). The road trip gang will post videos, pics and blogs every day \u2013 and you can help keep them going by posting comments and tweeting about the trip to your followers. As thanks, you\u2019ll be entered to win a $100 gift card, along with cool road tour memorabilia.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the third time our Counselor<\/em> editors have hit the road to visit Best Places to Work honorees and share the many unique ways these companies balance work and fun. Check out the website<\/a> to browse previous blog posts for ideas from past visits you can implement at your company \u2013 and be sure you join Joe, Andy and Melinda on this year\u2019s trip for even more tips and to meet some of the hippest, happiest people in our industry (and that\u2019s saying a lot!).<\/p>\n

If past road trips are any indication, there\u2019s sure to be enough morning beer, late-night chili dogs, wacky costumes, cranked-up tunes, crazy car games and roadside attractions to put the antics described in \u201cOn the Road\u201d<\/a> to shame.<\/p>\n

And, I\u2019m happy to report, ASI knows all about Best Places to Work because we are one. In a contest sponsored by Greater Philadelphia Media our employees voted ASI \u201cBest Places to Work-Large Company\u201d (among companies with more than 100 employees), \u201cBest Place for Working Moms\u201d and \u201cBest Employer for New Graduates\u201d in 2013. ASI previously won \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d awards in 2012, 2011 and 2010, so I think it\u2019s official: this is a great place to work.<\/p>\n

How happy are your employees? What\u2019s the best new morale-boosting idea implemented at your company? Let me know by posting a comment or e-mailing me here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy employees help a company\u2019s bottom line. Unhappy employees hurt productivity. In the face of research studies proving engaged employees work harder and come up with better ideas, you\u2019d figure companies everywhere would be scrambling to improve the workplace. You\u2019d be wrong. Even though creating a better work culture doesn\u2019t cost very much, a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asicentral","category-community","category-news-about-asi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}