RATHDRUM AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE · 2017. 3. 3. · company win!" – Mai Ton, vice president of...

8184 W Main St. Rathdrum, ID 83858 Phone: 208-687-2866

Email: [email protected] Website: www.rathdrumchamberofcommerce.com

Board of Directors:

Bob Jones

Brett Seright

Matt Smith

Tristan Hite

Elizabeth Coppess

Teresa Metz

Rob Foxx

Membership and Events

Director

Shanie Rountree

We appreciate

all our members!

Gold Sponsors:

Daniels Landscape Supplies

Twin Lakes Golf Course

Golden Spike Estates

Washington Trust Bank

Van Zandt Financial Services

H & R Block

City of Rathdrum

Seright’s Ace Hardware

Diamond Wireless

Rathdrum Trading Post

Hardware

Academy Mortgage

Westwood Brewing Co.

Silver Sponsors:

Joan Genter – Realtor,

Windermere

Debbie Holmes - Edward Jones

Investments

American Eagle Automotive

Coeur d’ Alene Airport

Rob Orth - Realtor, CitiBrokers

March 2017 In This Issue

Feature - Employee Appreciation

(pgs. 1 & 2)

Lakeland School Dist. #272 (pgs. 3& 4)

Upcoming Events - (pg. 5)

Welcome New Members - (pg. 6)

Thanking Members - (pg. 7)

Rathdrum Park & Rec (pg. 8)

NIC - Women at Work - (pg. 8)

Member List - (pgs. 10 & 11)

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Anyone can perform a task at work knowing the end result is a

salary. However, passion and hard work often stems from

affirmations employees hear from their boss or manager.

Workers don't just crave a paycheck -- they want recognition,

verbal appreciation and encouragement.

Of course, it's easy to say "thank you" or "good job" and be

done with it; but there are countless ways to show your

support and respect for your employees. Business News Daily

asked business owners and experts to share the best ways to

make your employees feel more appreciated.

1. Let employees reward one another.

"[Put] the power of recognition and reward in their hands. I use apps and programs like YouEarnedIt to give my employees the power to give each other kudos for good work done. I let my team members choose their reward, too, because not everyone wants a cash bonus or a gift card." – Darius Mirshah-zadeh, CEO, Endeavor America Loan Services 2. Offer employees a platform.

"It could be done as a request to share. When we let people know we value what they have to offer by asking if they'd share their story, tips, methods, etc. with others, it provides validation to them that they do have something of value to offer, and it boosts their self-confidence and self-esteem in the process. This doesn't mean we add a training function to their currently overloaded job, but it could be sharing at a team or organizational event, award ceremony or even in a newsletter." – Sandy Geroux, CEO, WOWplace International 3. Let employees make important decisions.

"Let them make decisions that matter and can impact the com-pany. Verbal appreciation is important, and bonuses or other perks are appreciated, but ultimately, showing someone that you trust their opinion and expertise is far more valuable." – Drew Thomas, chief creative officer, Brolik

10 Creative Ways to Show Employee Appreciation

By Sammi Caramela, B2B WriterMarch 3, 2017 12:11 pm EST

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4. Give them little surprises.

"My favorite forms of appreciation include unexpected treats like group lunches or a shortened workday. I also like activities that add value for both the individual and the company, including team-building challenges and fully paid continuing-education courses." – Kelsey Libert, vice president of marketing, Fractl

5. Be specific with praise.

"Leaders need to be specific in expressing their appreciation so that it reinforces behaviors through positive feedback for the employee. Instead of a generic 'great job,' be specific — for example, 'I really like how you've pulled the discussion back together – You're an exemplary collaborator.' Being specific also adds meaning and inspires the employee to further develop their skills in that particular area." – Reuven Gorsht, global vice president of customer strategy, SAP

6. Give employees extra time off.

"I think the most valuable way to recognize an employee today is through time —that is, time off, time to do something else besides work. It could be family, a hobby, or a charity, or a short vacation. I don't think it needs to be routine or regular, and has the most value when it's unexpected." – Mark S. Valenti, president and CEO, The Sextant Group

7. Be transparent.

"Company leadership [should let] employees know what's really going on with the company. Granted, there are some things that can't be discussed, but for the most part, keeping people informed goes a long way toward making them feel involved. It generates a 'we're in this together' environment, as well as team ownership of the operation." – Brenda Norwood, HR manager, calltools.com

8. Feed them.

"One way to an employee's heart is through their stomach. Putting sweet treats in the break room, or delivering delicious chocolates like these artisanal chocolate truffles are always a big hit. You can also cater in lunch on Employee Appreciation Day – it's an easy way to say 'thank you' for the work they do." – Patricia Carl, senior vice president of human resources at FTD.

9. Encourage their feedback.

"We distribute a quarterly pulse survey which allows them to give us [anonymous] feedback about the company at a macro level. We ask a set of 15 questions around teamwork, leadership, career growth, etc. each quarter, to measure movement on any dimension, and then we give them three open text boxes to answer the questions: What are we doing well? What do we need to improve? What else is on your mind? We get our results each month with an average participation rate of about 75 percent, and have more than 225 lines of data from the responses to those three open ended questions. This allows all employees to feel heard and want to contribute to making our company win!" – Mai Ton, vice president of human resources at OneLogin

10. Host events for the entire company.

"Company events are usually quite popular when we do team building activities. The bottom line is that all employees want to feel part of the team and believe strongly in the company. If we can create a positive, fun and flexible workplace, most employees appreciate the independence of knowing they are trusted to get the work done and feel part of a team." – Patric Palm, CEO of Hansoft and Favro

Additional reporting by Brittney Morgan (Helmrich). Some source interview were conducted for a previous version of this article.

Sammi Caramela

- See more at: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8152-employee-appreciation-tips.html#sthash.qW52ySRK.dpuf

Sammi Caramela is a senior at Rowan University with a major in writing arts and a double minor in journalism and psychology. She is President of Her Campus magazine and I Am That Girl at Rowan, and contributes to other writing platforms on and off campus. She expects to graduate in 2017 and continue working as a Purch B2B writer and assistant editor. Reach her by email, or check out her blog at sammisays.org.



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DR. MEYER'S LEVY PRESENTATION

Lakeland Joint School District will be presenting two ballot questions to voters

on March 14, 2017. The first one is for an Instructional/Extra Curricular

(Supplemental Levy) and the second one is a Plant Facility Levy. Both of these

levies will replace existing levies expiring in 2017. To learn more, please visit Dr.

Meyer's presentation HERE.



http://ljsd-id.schoolloop.com/file/1243758484584/1248552299520/9045588669153021333.pdf

http://web.lakeland272.org/

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Upcoming Chamber Events

Chamber Networking

Luncheon

To RSVP (by March 13)

[email protected]

March 16, 12pm

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

Featured Speaker

Terry Gurno

Leading is ART…Drawing the Greatness out of those

you Lead

Chamber Board Meeting

March 20 @ Chamber Office

Rathdrum Days Planning Meeting

March 9, 5:30 pm @ Chamber Office

Rathdrum Adventure Race Planning Meeting

March 22, 5:30 pm @ Chamber Office

UPCOMING MEMBER EVENTS

Rathdrum City Council March 8, 6:00 p.m. at City Hall

Rathdrum Planning and Zoning

March 15, 6:00 p.m. at City Hall

Rathdrum Parks and Rec March 28, 6:00 p.m. at City Hall

Linux Users Group

March 25, 1p.m. at F1 For Help

F1 For Help

Submit your event by the 25th

of each month to be included in

the next months issue [email protected]



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The Chamber is pleased to introduce the newest

GOLD MEMBER GOLD MEMBER GOLD MEMBER

of the Rathdrum Area Chamber of Commerce

Westwood Brewing Company

https://www.facebook.com/WestwoodBrewing/

The Chamber is pleased to introduce the newest

SILVER MEMBER SILVER MEMBER SILVER MEMBER

of the Rathdrum Area Chamber of Commerce

Rob Orth, Realtor with Citibrokers

www.roborth.com



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Thank you For Renewing your investment in the Rathdrum Area Chamber

Van Zandt Financial Service PLLC

Genter , Joan

Jones, Robert

Rathdrum Trading Post Hardware

Seright's Ace Hardware

Super 1 Foods

Academy Mortgage Corporation

North Idaho Building Contractors

Rathdrum Grange #351

Rathdrum Physical Therapy

Werner,Terry

Bega, Frank and Marge

Lakeland Immediate Care

Rathdrum Animal Clinic

C & K Roofing Inc.

Lakeland Eye Clinic

Lakeland School District

Real Life Ministries

Salvation Army/ KROC Center

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran

Church

Coeur D'Alene Association of

Realtor's

Columbia Bank

Dairy Queen

Daniels Landscape Supplies

Kootenai Humane Society

Perfection Tire

The Furniture Doctors

United Way of Kootenai County

Les Schwab

North Idaho College

Palocsay, Leslie

Kelsey's

Edward Jones

Northern Lakes Fire District

Lake City Church-Rathdrum

Lakeland Family Dental

Friends of Rathdrum Mountain

Napa Auto Parts Rathdrum

Adept Business Solutions


American Legion Rathdrum Post 154

Avista

Bay Shore Systems

Bell Tower Funeral Home

BNSF

Champion Concrete Pumping, Inc.

Chartwells Dining Services

City of Rathdrum

Edge Home Roofing


Habitat for Humanity of North Idaho

Heritage Health

Idaho Department of Labor

J & R Electronics Inc.

Knudtsen Chevrolet

Lakeland Physical Therapy & Sports

Injury

McDonald's of Rathdrum

Mountain States Early Head Start

North West Guardian Riders, Inc.

Northwest Building Components

Rathdrum Counseling Center LLC

Rathdrum Lions Club

Redman & Company Insurance

Specialty Gas Service & Fireplace

Center

Stratton Land Services Inc.

The Local Deli

Twin Lakes / Rathdrum Creek Flood

Control Dist. #17

Twin Lakes Realty

Twin Lakes Village Property Assoc. ,

TLV Golf Club

Wah Hing Restaurant

Washington Trust Bank / Rathdrum

Wells Fargo Bank

Better Business Bureau

Community Library Network

Harvest Family Church

North Idaho Fairgrounds & Event

Center

PowerTipps

STCU

Trademarc

Twin Lakes Improvement Assoc.





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RATHDRUM LIONS CLUB OPEN HOUSE

REPRESENTING RATHDRUM IDAHO SINCE

1947

MARCH 19th

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

FROM 2:00 PM UNTIL 5:00 PM

COME VISIT US, MEET YOUR RATHDRUM LI-

ONS, AND LEARN WHAT WE DO FOR YOUR

COMMUNITY

We LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU





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http://danielslandscapesupplies.com/

Academy Mortgage Co.

Adept Business Solutions

American Cancer Society


American Legion Rathdrum Post 154

Avalanche Insurance

Avista

Barbara McLean/ Project Linus

Bay Shore Systems

Bega, Frank & Marge

Bell Tower Funeral Home

Belt, Gayle

BNSF

Better Business Bureau

C & K Roofing Inc.

Champion Concrete Pumping Inc.

Chartwells Dining Services

City of Rathdrum

Coeur D’ Alene Airport

Coeur d'Alene Association of Realtors

Columbia Bank

Community Library Network at Rathdrum

Dairy Queen

Daniel’s Landscape Supplies

Danny Griffin, Realtor, Windermere

DeLange, Jeri

Diamond Wireless (Verizon Store)

Edge Home Roofing

Edward Jones-Financial Advisor: Debbie Holmes

F1 For HELP

Five Star Bath Solutions

Friends of Rathdrum Mountain


H & R Block

Habitat for Humanity

Hagadone Directories Inc.

Hayden Homes

Harvest Church

Heavens Best Carpet Cleaning

Henderson, Frank N.

Heritage Health Center/Rathdrum

Horsley Drilling Inc.

Hospice of North Idaho

Human Rights Education Institute

Idaho Dept. of Labor

J & R Electronics Inc.

Joan Genter, Realtor, Windermere

Jobs Plus

Johnson Ron

Jones, Bob

Kelsey's

Knudtsen Chevrolet

Kootenai County

Kootenai Humane Society

KYMS- The Bridge 89.9fm

Lacroix, Rene

Lake City Church/Rathdrum

Lakeland Eye Clinic

Lakeland Family Dental

Lakeland Immediate Care

Lakeland Physical Therapy & Sports Injury

Lakeland School District #272

Les Schwab

McDonald's of Rathdrum

Mountain States Early Head Start

NAPA Auto Parts

North Idaho Building Contractors

North Idaho College

North Idaho Fairgrounds & Event Center

Northern Lakes Fire District

Support Your Rathdrum Area Members

Northwest Building Components Inc.

North West Guardian Riders, Inc.

Orth, Rob -Realtor, Citibrokers

Palocsay, Les Professional Realty Services

Perfection Tire

Pioneer Title Company

Piper9 Salon

Progressive Printing Inc.

Power Tipps

Rathdrum Animal Clinic

Rathdrum Counseling Center LLC

Rathdrum Drug / Lavigne Drug Group

Rathdrum Lions Club

Rathdrum Masonic Lodge No. 41

Rathdrum Operating Services NAES

Rathdrum Physical Therapy

Rathdrum Trading Post Hardware

Rathdrum/Westwood Historical Society

Real Life Ministries

Real Property Management - Coeur d'Alene

Redman & Company Insurance

Rountree Painting

Salvation Army/ KROC Center

Seright’s Ace Hardware

Service Master of North Idaho

Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church

Specialty Gas Service & Fireplace Center

St Stanislaus Catholic Church

STCU

Stoltz, Pete

Stratton Land Services Inc.

Super 1 Foods

The Breakfast Nook

The Furniture Doctors

The Local Deli

The Local Pages

Title One

Tradmarc

Twin Lakes Community Schoolhouse

Twin Lakes Improvement Association

Twin Lakes Realty

Twin Lakes / Rathdrum Creek Flood Control

Twin Lakes Village Property Assoc. / TLV Golf

United Way of Kootenai County

Van Zandt Financial Service PLLC

Wah Hing Restaurant

Washington Trust Bank / Rathdrum

Wells Fargo Bank

Werner, Terry

Westwood Brewing Co.

WGG (Stein’s)

Support Your Rathdrum Area Members

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