Articles by Amy Shankland

“The most fundamental psychological need is to be appreciated.” – William James, the father of psychology Do you feel appreciated as much as you should be in life? Chances are…

“Customer satisfaction is worthless. Customer loyalty is priceless.” – Jeffrey Gitomer, author & speaker Hopefully by now you’re on the path to being a more joyful person/employee and you’re gaining…

“Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.” – Mother Teresa Up until now I’ve shared stories, research, examples, ideas, and experiences with the idea that we work with (mostly)…

At this point in the series, you may be thinking, “There is absolutely no way I can do even half of these things. I don’t have the time. Or the…

We’ve done quite a bit of talking about food, which is probably making you just as hungry as it is me. Sometimes people’s diets are so challenging that food isn’t…

Do you want to really bring big-time joy to your workplace? Then think about food! Birthday cake. Birthday pie. Birthday cookies. Most of the time you can’t go wrong with…

I need to take a break this week from my Bringing Joy to the Workplace series to talk about a topic that’s been on my heart lately. Some of my…

We are continuing our series on bringing joy to the workplace. Last week we talked about giving co-workers good old-fashioned cards to make their day.  But now, with working from…