A Monthly Tradition at eTapestry

Jay Love — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:07:00 GMT

If you have ever been around eTapestry you certainly know what the term OTM means. In eTap terminology and folklore, it is famous for representing Outstanding Team Member. You may have heard of plain old boring employee of the month awards. Try to place such previous thoughts out of your frontal lobe and allow your brain to be open to the concept of singing praises.

You see, on the first day of every month, every single employee has the chance to sing the praises of as many fellow employees as they choose. Believe it or not, most of our employees do just that in a very special manner.

The comments are often funny and witty about that fellow employee and their crucial deeds performed. In addition, they will in many cases evoke large amounts of heartfelt feelings for the person being praised. We then make those kind comments public every month at our all company meeting for one to two, to sometimes as many as three, winners. As you can from the picture below, we have saved those praises, every single one of them, for every month since our founding and have placed them on one huge wall in our office.

It is one of the first places I take guests and customers who visit. They marvel at the multitude of kind words expressed. Many say they are going to start the tradition at their office.

I read hundreds of emails in a typical business day (especially since I have signed up for just about every eNewsletter serving the charity sector, as well as most of our wonderful customers’ eNewsletters...) However, none seem to come close in enjoyment to those OTM nominations which flow in the 1st and 2nd of every month! It is just so neat to witness firsthand so many people singing the praises of each other. I will NEVER tire of those emails!

I shared with our team the following article from the magazine Fast Company. Needless to say, all of us at eTapestry agree.

Should you be reading this blog and have any words of praise for any of the eTapestry team, feel free to leave a comment or to email me at jay.love@etapestry.com. I will make sure the comments are forwarded to that individual. You may also have the splendid feeling of "making someone’s day!"

The Jay Love Blog : Outstanding Team Member

A Monthly Tradition at eTapestry