I don’t know about your office or family, but the sick funk has hit hard around us! There are constantly people out sick or talking about their family members being sick. It’s going around fast and furious!

If you stay up to date on our blog, you know we love to celebrate and have fun here at the ‘ville. Our managers are always doing fun stuff around here for their staff and we wanted to share those with you. Hopefully you'll get some great new ideas to reward your staff members this year! Read on to check out what our fabulous manager, Melissa, did just recently for one her awesome employees...

How does your organization define Employee Engagement?

It's goal-setting time. Whether personal or professional, we tend to take this time at the beginning of the calendar year to reflect on the past and improve for the future. As an HR Professional, the world in which you work is ever-changing and evolving. It feels like the past two years have brought about even more change – technology is more prevalent in the workplace, recruiting has completely changed, and the new “Millennial” workforce has different goals, wants, and needs... not to mention those "small changes" made to benefits and healthcare in 2014 – and you're right in the middle of it!!

Have no fear! Over the next few weeks, we’ll walk you through the top HR Goals and Resolutions for 2015. We’ll even help you tackle a plan to make your resolutions realized and your goals guaranteed. Subscribe to the Baudville blog to make sure you don’t miss a great article or free download! (Subscribe in the fancy box at the bottom of this page with the big, red SUBSCRIBE button.)

We just completed our fourth-annual Hold it for the Holidays competition, and the numbers are in: we had 14 participants, and, of those, 11 succeeded! And, those who did actually lost a combined 36 pounds. Wow! They'll get to split the pool of $390 (more than 35 bucks each—not bad!) and enjoy the satisfaction of their hard work, as well as a bit of relief knowing they don't have to make “lose holiday weight” one of their New Year's resolutions.