Happy National Do Something Nice Day! Today is all about random acts of kindness and well, doing something nice. Here are 15 random acts that you can do for your team members around the office to celebrate National Do Something Nice Day! Doing any of these acts makes you an awesome co-worker!

Join us in celebrating World Gratitude Day, September 21^st! What even is World Gratitude Day, you say? I know the word gratitude starts to look funny if you look at it long enough. Repeating it over and over, it starts to sound funny too.  But, it’s not a day that should be looked over or laughed at because it’s a day of recognition and realization! A day not only to recognize those around you but to recognize yourself! It’s even meant to bring awareness to your environment and bring a moment of appreciation to even that. If you are interested about the history of this wonderful day and how it started, check it out here.

While competition can motivate employees to work their hardest and bring out their best performance, it can also have negative effects on individual employees and teams. Today, we’re giving you three reasons not to over-use competitions as recognition and rewards, as well as three tips for turning the negatives into positives.

Are you operating on the buddy system? You probably have at least one friend at work, but would you go so far as to say a “best” friend?