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Clickstop Recognized for Business Growth by Google’s Economic Impact Report

Digital Tools MeetingGoogle recently launched its annual report highlighting 51 businesses across the nation that utilize web and digital tools to grow. Clickstop is proud to be Iowa’s feature story, showcasing the history, inspiration, growth, and community impact of the company.

In 2017, 8,200 Iowa businesses, publishers, and nonprofits used Google search and advertising tools to connect with the people and communities they serve – generating $899 million in economic activity. By using Google products those businesses increased their online presence and were able to grow, bringing more money and jobs into the local economy. This is the ninth year Google has released its economic impact report.

Download the Iowa report and read more about Clickstop on the Google Economic Impact website.

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Lead to Engaged: Leadership Development Workshops

At Clickstop, we are committed to building a great workplace culture where our employees are highly engaged and thriving. We’ve experienced firsthand the impact authentic company values and employee engagement have on business results, our employees and the community. Higher profitability, retention, and well-being are results we want other businesses to experience too! That is why Clickstop is determined to support the Corridor in becoming a hub for great workplaces. We are excited to announce through Leverage, we are now able to further support this commitment by opening our monthly leadership development workshops to the public!

Area leaders can now register to attend the same Clickstop facilitated workshops our leaders attend, beginning in July 2018. Our five-part leadership development workshop series will focus on a leader’s influence in employee engagement and the value of leading with authentic company values. Attendees will have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills alongside Clickstop leaders to drive sustainability and growth through a thriving and engaged workforce. These workshops are highly interactive and discussion driven. Attendees will leave each workshop with practical tips, tools, and action plans to implement within their teams to positively impact employee engagement.

We have worked hard to ensure our workplace culture is sustainable, enjoyable, and provides opportunity for our employees. Enroll now for the opportunity to learn about employee engagement alongside our leaders and adapt the best parts of what we do for your team. Leaders will obtain the most value from attending the entire series, although attendees may register for individual workshops as well.

View the course descriptions below. Cost is $400 for all 5 workshops or $89 each. Fill out this form to register! 

July 11 | Activate an Ownership Culture
1:30-3:00pm, Clickstop Campus
Foster a strong sense of ownership through employee engagement and authentic company values in a way that motivates, empowers and equips your employees to drive innovation and growth for the company. Collaborate alongside Clickstop leaders to build an action plan to inspire an ownership attitude within your team through employee engagement.

August 15 | Achieve High Performance with Strengths
1:30-3:00pm, Clickstop Campus
Maximize the performance of your team by leveraging their individual strengths and aligning them on results. Create best practices alongside of Clickstop leaders to activate the strengths of your team and help them reach their full potential.

September 12 | Build Trust Through Authentic Relationships
1:30-3:00pm, Clickstop Campus
Build trust with transparency, humility and authentic relationships to cultivate an environment where employees have the confidence to experiment, communicate openly and drive change. Collaborate with Clickstop leaders to create a plan to establish a supportive team culture where your team members feel safe to make decisions and challenge the status quo.

October 10 | Inspire Greatness with Recognition
1:30-3:00pm, Clickstop Campus
Activate intrinsic motivators and acknowledge progress, give recognition and create accountability to inspire, build confidence and develop your team. Work alongside Clickstop leaders to identify key touch points and the imperative conversations to have with your team to inspire greatness.

November 7 | Spark Self-Driven Development
1:30-3:00pm, Clickstop Campus
Create a culture where employees drive their own growth and success. Collaborate with Clickstop leaders to co-create development templates and discussions that empower employees to create opportunity, align their strengths and drive personal growth.

Interested in developing your leadership skills alongside Clickstop leaders? Seats are limited, so enroll today! Click the button below to register or to ask questions.

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Clickstop Strategy and Opportunity

One thing is for sure about Clickstop… Change is constant! And not change just for the sake of change. But truly making the work place better, more effective, more efficient… A place to grow and achieve great things.

If you come to Clickstop, the first thing you are going to notice… HAPPY PEOPLE!

Walking in the door is an experience. The atmosphere is different. People are happy to see you. People genuinely care. Employees do not look at someone coming in just as some other person who wants a tour. We are wondering, “Is that my next teammate?” Some might even wonder if that person is their next workout buddy, lunch friend, or the next person to go out after work for a few drinks and just enjoy each other’s company. We are looking for a new friend. A new hard worker who wants to put their stamp on the world.

Another thing you will notice about Clickstop is a great facility that helps each employee do their best work everyday.

We have a full kitchen and Chef Zach to keep us well fed. We have lots of spaces to meet, brainstorm, get things done. Conference rooms set up for success – TVs to share your laptop screen and glass white boards to collaborate. Comfortable casual furniture for more informal meetings, and tables, rolling chairs, and projectors for times that require a formal structure. We have a pool table, ping pong, foosball, and basketball for when you need to let off some steam. Need a break from your desk and some time in the sunshine? Go outside to the patio and catch some rays. We don’t mind.

At Clickstop, we do like to show you the fun. But trust us when we say we work hard.

We not only are setting the bar for great work place culture, but we are a prime example of work hard, play hard. The great thing about us is that we know that to get the best quality of work, the most engagement out of our employees, we cannot stand over each other with a red pen and time clock. We strive for each employee to work in their zone, to their own strengths. And it makes all the difference.

I could go on and on and on…. But instead, let’s have Tammy sum it up for you in our newest video.  Enjoy!

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Clickstop IS a Cool Place to Work!

Another year and we are named a Cool Place to Work… AGAIN!

The Corridor Business Journal has been hosting this event since 2013, and Clickstop has landed on the list each year. Any company in the corridor can be nominated. Once the company is nominated, surveys are sent to the employees to complete anonymously. At least 50% of the employees need to participate in the survey to be considered. The best part about this process and this event, is that our own employees who are here everyday are naming Clickstop a Cool Place to Work. And it feels great.

So why does Clickstop decide to take part in this event each year? It is not just for the trophy (though we do like adding to our display). The information we learn from our employees is essential in building and growing a fantastic work environment. Being named a “Cool” company means nothing if you do not take that feedback from employees – good or bad – and use it to improve the workplace. And that is what we do, which is why you can see us on the list so many times.

Clickstop wants to grow and create opportunity for everyone who is seeking it.  The chance to grow, the opportunity to be part of something bigger, and the ability to use your strengths and your expertise in your work is exactly what Clickstop is all about.  Our employees enjoy coming to work, and as a company we strive to make that true for everyone here.  Sound great? Check out our careers page – we would love to hear from you.

Finally, one other really great thing about taking part in the Coolest Places to Work event… we get to make a new awesome video to represent our company. So here it is! Enjoy!

 

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Gratitude Makes a Splash at Clickstop!

I recently read an article about gratitude. In this article, the author talked about gratitude exercises; spending five minutes a day to think about or write about what you are grateful for. It doesn’t have to be big and earth shattering. Your gratitude can simply be for the cup of coffee you had this morning. It can be about the new band you found that gets you jamming on the way to work. Whatever made you smile, laugh, or just put you in a great mood. Think about those things and reflect on them. What about it made you feel good? How can you bring that back into your life each day and share your experiences with others?

A simple exercise like this can truly change you.

At Clickstop, we love showing our gratitude for each other and for things in our lives.

For the last few weeks, employees had the chance to come to the media room and do a quick video showing appreciation for one or many of their co-workers. And even though many people are completely intimidated by the video camera, we had a good 30 or so people participate. Employees from every team came to express their gratitude towards the many hard-working, dedicated friends they have right here.  Being behind the camera capturing these moments is exciting. Not only does it give me a daily dose of gratitude, but reaffirms the reasons I have chosen Clickstop as my career.

Last week we tied all of our gratitude together into one big celebration.  For the afternoon, employees came outside to try to dunk a leadership team member in a dunk tank! Employees who recognized someone automatically earned a softball and anyone else could purchase softballs – all of the money going towards Clickstop Cares. We had basketball and bags games going throughout the day and Peppy’s Ice Cream even came to help everyone battle the heat.  The day was a success and left everyone feeling refreshed and ready to conquer another week!

So if you ever need a pick-me-up in the middle of your day, just pause for a few minutes and think of the things you are grateful for. Let it soak into you and refresh your mind. Trust us, it is worth it.

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Tracking Clickstop’s Pulse

Communicate: To share or exchange information, news, or ideas.

Openly: Without concealment, deception, or prevarication, especially where these might be expected; frankly or honestly.

Confidence: The feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.

Respect: A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

We take our core values seriously at Clickstop, and Communicating Openly with Confidence and Respect helps keep the entire company moving in the right direction.

Communicating Openly with Confidence and Respect is an expectation at Clickstop, but is also second nature to all who work here. We all work so well together, it just happens, though doesn’t make it any less important. In order for us to improve as teammates, as individuals, and as a company, we have to hold ourselves accountable to great communication. We are always seeking to improve and grow, and through this core value, and efforts made by individuals throughout the company, we are hoping to do just that.

One person who has been running a program to get good and timely communication and feedback from employees is Britni Graham. Britni is our Talent & Engagement Specialist and has been with the company for 4 years. For almost a year, Britni has been conducting Pulse Surveys for our company. The Pulse Surveys are set up to… well, take Clickstop’s pulse! We want employees to have a way to anonymously give feedback around various topics. We then use that information provided by employees to strengthen or adjust things throughout the company.

Britni gave us a closer look into the processes and goals of the Pulse Surveys. Check it out!

Tell me about your role at Clickstop.

“I work to get out and promote Clickstop. I conduct phone interviews; screen resumes and partner with company leaeders to make hiring decisions that are highly aligned with Clickstop and our Core Values. I drive strategy for the development of high employee engagement and programs that support those initiatives; with this I am responsible for the development, organization, and administration of gathering the pulse of employee engagement and quantifying that information for the company as a whole.”

Why did Clickstop start doing Pulse Surveys?

“I had identified a need for the company to have real-time feedback. Our current avenues for this served the company well when it was smaller, but as we grow we need to ensure that our efforts to connect people and make them feel heard and appreciated are held in the highest regard. This is a way to connect leadership and the entire company with what employees are thinking, feeling, and perceiving.”

What type of information are we trying to find out?

“We want the good and the constructive. We want to promote open communication about various topics from company safety efforts to satisfaction with company leadership.”

How does Clickstop use the results?

“Leaders and contributors alike are given the results. We set an expectation of open and transparent communication, so all in the company can see how any individual team is doing. Putting the information into action is an expectation. Leadership uses their report to discuss themes that occur on teams; sometimes this can mean something needs to happen or a course needs to be adjusted because what is discovered.”

What are your overall goals when conducting these surveys?

“To embrace and cultivate a culture of open feedback. When people feel heard and connected, levels of engagement go up. A highly engaged workforce means that people have both an emotional and professional connection to their work and the organization. Clickstop works very hard to hire great people, and we have a responsibility as a company to create an environment that fosters everything that we stand for in our Core Values.”

Pick a Core Value and explain how it ties into the Pulse Surveys.

“I have two in mind. Communicate Openly with Confidence and Respect – None of what we do here or plan on doing in the future would be possible without sharing what we know, what we think, and what ideas we have. Personally, I am driven by Be Adventurous, Embrace and DRIVE CHANGE – specifically driving change. I am always eager to see the impact in what I am involved in. I am committed to making Clickstop even better than it is today.”

Where do you see Clickstop in 5 years? How do the Pulse Surveys help get us there?

I see Clickstop at least doubled in size, with the possibility of other locations. If this is the case, we will have the task of ensuring all are heard and connected. We have to set ourselves up with a sustainable program that keeps what is important to the experts that we hire, top of mind for the company.  Pulse can play a huge part in the future of Clickstop.

 

As you can see, Clickstop has programs and people in place to keep the company moving forward.  Pulse Surveys will continue to help us improve our processes, keep employees engaged, and help bring forward the best possible Clickstop.