The Workiversary Group

Inspiring Work Anniversaries by the world’s leading work anniversary expert, Rick Joi, is now available everywhere books are sold! For too long, too many work anniversaries have been too mediocre — directly impacting morale, retention, and productivity. Why great work anniversaries are so hard hasn't been previously understood. But now, Rick Joi has taken the time to research, identify, and share the causes of poorly observed work anniversaries, as well as how to easily overcome them, plus why it matters. Now anyone can efficiently make work anniversaries both meaningful for employees and valuable for the organizations they work for. ✨ Inspiring Work Anniversaries has received a number of glowing early reviews: “A shockingly good business book.” —Books Butterfly “Inspiring and easy to implement.” —BookLife Reviews “Lively and fun.” —Indies Today “A wealth of practical advice” —Kirkus Reviews “Filled with interesting and offbeat ideas” —Clarion Reviews “Simple yet effective” —Readers' Favorite The book has been published by Quintriple Publishing simultaneously in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats. It's available everywhere books are sold. Learn more about the book here: https://lnkd.in/exknJVM8 Links to where to buy it are in the comments. #inspiring #workanniversaries

Inspiring Work Anniversaries won another award! 🎉 This time it's from the Readers’ Favorite 2024 Award Contest, where Inspiring Work Anniversaries received honorable mention (a.k.a. 4th place) in the Occupational Non-Fiction category: https://lnkd.in/eKvQQFFb If you haven’t already, get Inspiring Work Anniversaries now as a hardcover, paperback, ebook, or audiobook: https://lnkd.in/eMPeVwCv

As you may already know, I'm working on selling the film rights to my award-winning book, Inspiring Work Anniversaries. While no contract has been finalized — yet — I'm excited to announce a giant leap forward for the work anniversary genre of films... ...today is the nationwide release (in the Philippines) of perhaps the first work anniversary movie ever made: *How to Slay a Nepo Baby* This thriller is about a group of entitled nepo babies who go to Sagada for a wild long weekend to celebrate their 1st work anniversary. See the preview here: https://lnkd.in/e9v-umKi This groundbreaking work from Rod Marmol and distributed by Viva Films will no doubt pave the way for many more great work anniversary films (like maybe mine? Rod—want to do another one? you could be the greatest work anniversary film director of all time 💥) If you missed my post about selling the Inspiring Work Anniversary movie rights, check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eaH6TpSd And if you want to read my book before the movie comes out, you can get it here: https://lnkd.in/eMPeVwCv ____________________________ #HowToSlayANepoBaby #WorkAnniversaries

Inspiring Work Anniversaries!🎉 "Work anniversaries probably aren’t the first thing you think of when you think of addressing workforce challenges. But done well, they can (1) reinforce your organization’s purpose; (2) strengthen your employees’ sense of belonging; and (3) boost their perception of organizational support. All three of these have been scientifically shown to improve organizational performance. " - Rick Joi, The Workiversary Group In this week's Digital Article Series installment, Rick Joi discusses how celebrating work anniversaries can significantly benefit organizations by reinforcing purpose, enhancing employee belonging, and increasing perceived organizational support. It suggests simple and cost-effective ideas such as personalized messages from managers, equipment upgrades, skip-level one-on-ones, team lunches, and company-branded clothing to maximize these benefits without significant expense. Click here https://bit.ly/3XUNnuR to read the full article!

The Summer 2024 issue of Thriving! magazine from the Lancaster Chamber is out — and it has a great article about work anniversaries in it! Learn about the top five ways to acknowledge work anniversaries, which all simultaneously:      ✔️ are meaningful for employees      ✔️ provide value to the organization      ✔️ are low-effort and low-expense All five ideas (1) build a sense of belonging, (2) reinforce your organization's purpose, and (3) strengthen perceived organizational support — three things that have been proven to increase organizational effectiveness. Check the article out here: https://lnkd.in/e2RFuGGc

Normally we focus on the value that work anniversaries deliver as coming from (1) reinforcing the organization's purpose, (2) boosting employees' sense of belonging, and (3) strengthening employees' perception of organization support. But today is #WorldProductivityDay 🎉 , so we're switching it up. Today's blog post shares a relatively unknown way to celebrate work anniversaries that also boosts productivity. This approach is of benefit to every organization — especially those with remote employees. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/exqN4MX7

Two years ago, I embarked on a new journey at OTIP (Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan) and was so excited today to get my next block. Here is to another year of growth and achievements. #MyOTIPCareer #Buildyourcareer

Inspiring Work Anniversaries is a surprising good book 😯 You can get it from Amazon: https://lnkd.in/emwxsE64 Or Bookshop.org: https://lnkd.in/eNHfep-6 Or Target: https://lnkd.in/epAxkCun Or everywhere else books are sold: https://lnkd.in/es-xPrmf

I’m announcing today that the movie rights to Inspiring Work Anniversaries are officially for sale! 🤩 If you’d like to help out, please forward this post to your movie/television producer/director/investor friends. Thanks in advance! 🙏 The movie will be a *loose* adaptation of the book — here’s the synopsis: _________ A slightly awkward software engineer (Nathan Fillion?) accidentally becomes the world’s leading — and only — work anniversary expert, publishes the world’s first book about work anniversaries, and then finds himself fighting for the future of humanity after finding his book is being outsold by *The Official Guide to HR Approved Ways to Tell People They’re Stupid*. The film immediately captures viewer attention by hewing closely to the actual introduction of *Inspiring Work Anniversaries*, where people are naked and the author almost dies. (You can buy the book here: https://lnkd.in/eMPeVwCv) From there, we learn how difficult it is to be the world’s leading work anniversary expert. We see how wherever the protagonist goes, people ask him, ”Is that really a thing?" Some even ask, “What’s a work anniversary?” But he perseveres, releases the book, and when he finds his book being outsold by the *Stupid* book, he asks himself, ”What kind of world do we want to live in? "A world where people are thankful for each other’s contributions? "Or a world where people invest time and money into trying to figure out how to call each other stupid without getting in trouble?" The battle against the *Stupid* book becomes our unlikely hero’s chance to show the world that it *really does* need a work anniversary expert! As the fight draws more and more publicity, people become more aware of how to meaningfully celebrate work anniversaries — but also more aware of how to call each other stupid without getting in trouble. The stakes couldn’t be higher! The movie is filled with twists and turns, shocking revelations, a 1969 Firebird, and occasional unicorns. At the climax, the *Stupid* book turns out to be just one book in a series — tilting the odds against our hero. Will kindness and positivity prevail? Or will insults and bullying win the day? Or maybe, could this small-time indie book battle spiral into something much bigger than work anniversaries and become the unexpected solution to the societal ills of negativity-charged social media discourse and hyper-polarized politics? Find out this summer in the greatest work anniversary film ever made! _________ If you want to see this movie made, click the like button and repost! 🙂

Hey everyone in the Lancaster, PA area — we'll be at the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce tomorrow from 11am to 1pm. Rick Joi will be selling and signing his book, Inspiring Work Anniversaries, as well as answering any work anniversary questions you might have. ✨ The event is open to everyone.