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Advice for Small Business Owners

We talk a lot about awarding accomplishments or planning for an your next banquet but what about small business owners? An eight-person company is much less likely to cater a large awards dinner, let alone go out of their way to engrave plaques and crystal awards. We’re not saying it never happens—it’s just less likely...

Building Culture at your Company

From the moment a company is established a culture is being built. Since day 1, each decision made, each person hired, each success and failure shapes and contributes to the development of your corporate culture. Business owners consistently try to craft a culture on paper when their company reaches a certain capacity with the hope...

The Best Interview Tips

We talk a lot about loyal employees on this blog. Awarding fine work and dedication with awe-inspiring crystal, glass and marble awards accounts for a sizable portion of our business, so it only seems natural to talk about topics like, ‘Making the proper choice when giving an executive gift’ or ‘Types of Employee Recognition...

What do you know about marble?

Did you know that it is a term used to refer to metamorphosed limestone by geologists while stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass all unmetamorphosed limestone. You DID know that? Wow. Well smarty-pants, maybe you don’t need to read this for the information, but stay for the pure entertainment value of learning about...

Is that company’s culture a good fit for you?

You spend a lot of time at work – sometimes more than 40 hours a week. In fact, if you’re spending about 50 hours a week at the office that’s 30 percent of your total time in the week – just working. Dealing with coworkers, office politics, and supervisors – the list goes on. Many...