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August 20, 2001 - For Immediate Distribution

Gone Fishin’

An Interesting Morale Booster Concept

Michael Steinberg, President of Relyco, Sales Inc., has always believed that work should be fun and rewarding.  With this in mind, and with the help from Leddy Group (a local staffing agency) Mike has introduced the Fish! philosophy at Relyco.  Based on the book, FISH!  written by Stephen C. Ludin, Ph.D., Harry Paul, and John Christensen, this is a concept currently in place at the world famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle, Washington, (thus the name for the book).

“We’ve always had a closely knit culture here at Relyco, but we viewed the ‘FISH’ concept as a vehicle to bring some structure to the ideas of motivation, teamwork and maintaining positive attitudes.  We also wanted a way to share what we think is a great company environment with our customers, suppliers, and the community around us.  ‘FISH’ has helped us to accomplish that, and you can see and feel the difference that it makes in people on a daily basis.” – Michael Steinberg, Relyco President

Leddy Group facilitated the introduction of the concept by bringing the employees of Relyco Sales, Inc., together to view the book-based video of Fish! .    They were then broken up into teams based on the four basic concepts: 

1. Play – Have fun while you work

2. Make Their Day – Include yours customers in your “play”

3. Choose Your Attitude- “Who do we want to be while we do our work” – Demonstrate a level of   personal accountability, bring your best self to work

4. Be Present – Show consideration for one another internally and externally

Each team will meet periodically to discuss how they can introduce ways to create enthusiasm based on their team concepts.

The “Play” team recently sponsored “Hat Day” to help bring creative energy to work.  Many unusual hats showed up that day! 

The Fish! concept has taken off so well at Relyco that if you happen to stop in for a visit, you’ll see fish hanging from the rafters, you’ll hear singing fish each time a new goal is met, and you might even want to snack on the fish shaped crackers!  Fish are flying and so is the morale at Relyco Sales, Inc. 

“We’ve embraced the Fish! philosophy here at Leddy Group and the results have been amazing.  Turnover as been reduced, morale has improved and you can feel the energy in each of our offices.  Give us a call at [603] 749-4810 and we’ll get you hooked!”

Relyco Sales, Inc.  is a global distributor of value-added printed materials, business equipment and forms processing software.  Relyco focuses primarily on laser applications, especially checks and other high security documents. Relyco carries a full line of stock laser checks and envelopes, as well as one-piece self-mailer check stock, MICR laser printers, toner and supplies.  A full service printer, Relyco also offers business forms and stationery, commercial printing, direct mail processing, labels and packaging, and specialty promotional products. 

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 For additional information please contact:

Aaron Wensley                                     Michelle Sawyer                        Michael Steinberg
Business Development Manager            VP Sales & Marketing                President
Relyco Sales, Inc.                                 Relyco Sales, Inc.                     Relyco Sales, Inc.
[603] 516-3630                                     [603] 516-3610                       [603] 516-3636