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🎉 Happy 1-Year Work Anniversary, Meghan Hunziker! 🥳 Your dedication, hard work, and positive energy are invaluable to our team at Alliance Risk Group Inc. Here's to a year of achievements and many more successful years ahead! 🌟👏 #WorkAnniversary #TeamAppreciation #AllianceRiskGroup #AllianceRiskRockstar #BackgroundInvestigations #BackgroundScreening #ClaimSolutions #ProcessService

Wow. Three years. Yes, I’m stepping into 4th year with Kroll!! It's been an incredible ride. On this Thanksgiving Day, which also happens to be my work anniversary, I would want to express my gratitude to each and every one of you for being a part of this journey and for making it worthwhile. Learnings along my journey: 1. You are the author of your own destiny 2. Doing what you believe in is exhilarating and exhausting at the same time 3. Healthy body + healthy mind = healthy ideas 4. Try not to sweat the small stuff. Everything works out in the end. It really honestly always does. 5. Be willing to listen. You don’t know it all! 6. Your reaction to circumstances and people will make the world of a difference. 7. With every fault you find, find a SOLUTION! 8. Nothing beats hard work! 9. Don’t let mediocrity be associated with your work and you. 10. No task is below you. You learn so much from doing the simplest of things. 11. Be kind to others always. 12. And most importantly, Take your vacation! Everyone needs a break to regroup and refresh. Happy third work anniversary to me! Gratefully, Vinita

How could we do it without you, Roz?! The answer is simple, we couldn’t! Happy Work Anniversary! #mcconnelllaw #personalinjury #louisianalawyer #yougetmatt #accidentsintohope #getmatt #gethope #igotmatt #attorney #personalinjuryattorney #louisianaattorney #attorneyatlaw #iGotMatt #injurylawyer

10 Year Anniversary Today I celebrate my 10 year work anniversary with some Tiff's Treats Cookie Delivery chocolate chip cookies from my team.  As I reflect back on the last 10 years, it has been quite a ride.  There have been ups, downs and all-arounds.  The revenue targets discussed in my interview have been blown out of the water.  I’ve worked with and continue to work with some great people.  My job today doesn’t look like the original plan, but isn’t that part of the fun?    Everyone has a plan ‘til they get punched in the mouth. - Mike Tyson We’ve all been “punched in the mouth” a time or ten. 😀   Keeping an attitude that creates opportunities out of obstacles is what separates success from failure.  One thing that stays consistent…I try to be better today than I was yesterday.  I plan to be better tomorrow than I was today.  Keeping that attitude is harder on some days than on others.  Learning that the journey IS THE DESTINATION is one of the small things that keeps me motivated. Mark Nicholson Here’s to 10 more years!  🙂 #anniversary #10years #growth  #servicepros

I just celebrated my work anniversary at PALFINGER. When moments like these happen, I like to reflect upon what I have learned, or what I have been reminded of, over the course of my journey with an organization. -         Change can be hard. But it also can be educational, fun, and an opportunity for growth. It is also absolutely necessary from both a personal and professional perspective. Stagnation kills. Change, whatever type it is, may even start a grieving process for what we perceived as normal in our own lives. -         Being gritty is not a bad thing. Having grit equates to a perseverance and passion for long-term goals (Duckworth, et al., 2007; Duckworth & Quinn, 2009, Gonzalez, et al., 2020). Picking yourself up when you have been knocked down. Dusting yourself off and getting back to it. Failing, taking those lessons, and learning from them. And, if we are honest, maybe being a bit stubborn. Side note: Yes, there is a survey for grit, though there has been some discussion as to whether grit is a revamped version of conscientiousness (one of the Big Five Personality Dimensions). -         Industrial/Organizational Psychology is exciting to me. We focus on the behavior of employees in the workplace. Research we do, and the evaluation methods we use, are then implemented to teach people how to work better. It combines two worlds for me: strategic business and people. -         People are still my passion. After working in human services for years, I thought this may have changed. As I look back, all the professions I wanted to be “when I grew up” had people at the center of it. The degrees I have obtained and my role within PALFINGER still does. I am grateful for the opportunities to work with, and for, the people I do. I am excited to see what 2024 brings! References Duckworth, A.L., Peterson, C., Matthews, M.D., & Kelly, D.R. (2007). Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92, 1087-1101. Duckworth, A.L. & Quinn, P.D. (2009). Development and validation of the short grit scale (GRIT-S). Journal of Personality Assessment, 91, 166-174. Gonzalez, O., Canning, J.R., Smyth, H., & MacKinnon, D.P. (2020). A psychometric evaluation of the short grit scale: A closer look at its factor structure and scale functioning. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(4), 646-657.

The individuals you encounter on your journey often wield a profound influence, and Mike was undoubtedly one of those impactful connections! While making an impact may be innate for some, it's a skill that can be cultivated. Here are key points to enhance your ability to leave a lasting impression: 1. **Active Listening:** Demonstrate genuine interest by actively listening to others, nodding, and responding thoughtfully. 2. **Positive Body Language:** Use open and confident body language to convey approachability and sincerity. 3. **Authenticity:** Be yourself and let your true personality shine, as authenticity often leaves a lasting impression. 4. **Express Empathy:** Show understanding and empathy toward others' experiences and perspectives. 5. **Confidence (Not Arrogance):** Display confidence in your abilities without coming across as arrogant. Humility is key. 6. **Mindful Communication:** Choose your words carefully, speak clearly, and be mindful of the impact your words can have on others. 7. **Offer Help:** Extend a helping hand or offer assistance when appropriate. Acts of kindness leave a positive impression. 8. **Memorability:** Share interesting anecdotes or unique aspects about yourself that make you memorable in a positive way. 9. **Sense of Humor:** Appropriately use humor to lighten the mood and create a more relaxed atmosphere. 10. **Respectful Curiosity:** Show genuine curiosity about others, asking thoughtful questions and showing respect for their experiences and opinions.

Cheers to ONE Environmental Managing Principal J. Rusty Field PE who is celebrating his 15-year work anniversary! Back in 2009, Rusty envisioned a customer-centered company that prioritizes lasting, meaningful relationships over the bottom line when he and his partners founded ONE. And the rest is history, as they say. Learn more about Rusty on our blog! https://bit.ly/3yJdDxF

My thoughts are in the post!

Having just passed my five year anniversary at inriver this past week, and sitting now on my return flight from a last minute trip to Sweden to take on a new role (in addition to my current role), I was reflecting on the last half decade, the job, the people, the experiences, pretty much all of it. And I came to a stunning conclusion.   This is the best job/position I have ever held.   Why, you might ask? Well, let me enlighten you as I did myself. This job at inriver isn't really anything special in and of itself. It is a position that thousands of people do in the IT space every day. It isn't a joy every day for sure, and certainly I have had my bad days (weeks?) here like any job. Bad things happen, you complain about it, then you figure it out and move on and look for those good days to hopefully balance things out.   Today, I lead a team of IT professionals who are subject matter experts in our developed software; how our customers use it and our Partners implement it; they provide solutions to our customers; support, oversight, and best practices to our partners; as well as support and expert insights to our internal teams (Support, Marketing, Sales, Customer Success, Product Management, Account Management, and even our Development teams).   So what is special about this job? It is special to me because I feel I have accomplished more here, and am more proud of what we have built here, than I ever have in any other position I have ever held. I am excited about being a leader of a great team that I pretty much built. I am proud of the contributions I have made. Real, tangible, contributions that I haven't found myself really doing before.   I have been able to combine my previous US Air Force officer leadership experience with my civilian world technical experience, and put them into service being able to make a tangible impact at this company in this role. Now, I know it may come across this way as I reread what I have written here, but this is not the end, it is just a remembrance. I have had a rough few months with this position and overall company changes, and honestly have thought about leaving more than once. But, I also know this is the best role I have ever been given and that is a tough thing to walk away from. In addition, I have been tremendously supported these last months by my team, my peers, and my bosses. If nothing else, just the realization about what I find so compelling being in this position is quite remarkable. And why I felt I needed to document it. :) Cheers to all of you who have helped me and challenged me and supported me as I get my Five Year Work Anniversary epiphany (that IS a thing, right?) recorded sitting here on my flight back from a very good week in Malmo.   Sometimes this old cynic can get a little sappy. Thanks for indulging me.  

Today is my 1-year work anniversary with Hudson Technology Systems. If you check my job history, I rarely stay at one job, one position for more than a year. Even before I was in tech, I was a serial job hopper. Before tech, it was a function of boredom/annoyance, and since making the transition to tech, it has been a function of curiosity/opportunity (read: ability to both grow income and skillset). At this job with Hudson, I feel like I've got everything. We move fast, we work on interesting problems, the challenges are continuous. We take full ownership of the results, which we are at best rewarded for or at worst learn from. I'm allowed to be myself, and on top of that, my attitude toward programming and people doesn't cause negative conflict, but positive conflict that pushes us forward. Everyone on the team wants to be an S-tier player, do things the right way, and be the best they can be. Igor Ulis and my team members make it 100% worthwhile to keep working here, and I have a lot of gratitude toward them. I believe I'll be working with this team and these people for a long while. But, perhaps controversially, I would still encourage those who are not satisfied with their situation to continue job hopping and seeking projects at the edge of your ability. If you hop for the right reasons, you will make gains that help you become a stronger contributor, until you're fortunate enough to end up right where you should be. Better and better.