Outstanding Behaviours make Extraordinary Employees

Forget good to great. Ignore 1 for bad, 10 for special. Here are 8 things that turn great employees into extraordinary ones – and it’s all about inspirational behaviour!

So which are you? Great employees are reliable, dependable, proactive (isn’t that just the most superficial word?), diligent, great leaders and great followers...they possess a wide range of easy to define - but often hard to find - qualities. Yet only a few go to the next level. These people are truly remarkable, possessing qualities that don’t appear on performance appraisals but nonetheless have a major impact on performance, morale and profitability.



So what are the outstanding qualities that make extraordinary employees?

Peeling back the mask

From Batman to The Beano, Bunty to Biggles, we have all at some point or another in our lives experienced comic books; even if it was just a cursory glance in a dentists surgery or peering over your kid brothers shoulder. There is also no denying that comic books have played a key part in my formative years, sparking my imagination and ultimately leading me to becoming a graphic designer. So when one of the world's largest and best loved comic book publishing brands reveals a new identity, I want to know about it. And they don’t come much bigger than DC Comics, home of well loved characters like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

Founded in 1934 the initials ‘DC’ came from the company’s popular series of Detective Comics, which famously featured Batman’s debut and subsequently became part of the company’s name. It was in the mid 1970s that Milton Glaser (best known for his ‘I ❤ New York’ logo) was approached to create a new identity for DC Comics. His design, a shield of four stars inlaid with the company’s initials (known as the DC Bullet) became embedded in the popular culture of my generation as we joined Batman et al on their adventures.

Dave Birch - My Top 3 Websites

The web space we're invading!
Just some sites that Idealogy people are visiting that tick their boxes.

David Birch - Senior Designer

http://bootiemashup.com/sf/ 
Global clubs specialising in mash-up DJs. DJs use new digital techniques to mix several tracks together to create either unique remixes or songs that sound completely new.

http://www.pogomix.net/
Australian based chap who uses similar techniques to those of mash-up DJs but uses video to create incredible (and catchy) sounding tunes.

http://www.impawards.com/
A great database of movie posters. Old and new. From big budget blockbusters to small arthouse films. The site also runs annual awards on the best posters voted for by it's users. Check out the Dark Knight campaign to see some of the fantastic results.

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Steve Barnes - My Top 3 Websites

The web space we're invading!
 Just some sites that Idealogy people are visiting that tick their boxes.

Steve Barnes - Digital Production & Project Manager

http://www.aintitcool.com/
Written by film nerds, for film nerds. The original film rumour and review site.

http://www.geekologie.com/
The home of all things Geek.. I'm starting to see a nerd/geek pattern emerging...

http://www.denofgeek.com/
I've just realised, i may need to get out more....

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New software gives us the Edge!

Idealogy recently completed some work for one of its key accounts, Simple Skincare, using cutting-edge software that isn't even available to the general public yet! During the project we worked alongside our partner Rocktime to link the pages into the CMS for the new site.

My goodness! Simple’s US launch consumes bandwidth

Simple, the UK’s No.1 Facial Skincare brand*, and now one of Unilever’s personal care brands, launched its US website on 1st February 2012. Following an intense development program and a strong pre-launch awareness campaign around the United States, http://www.simpleskincare.com/ went live and very quickly broke all kinds of traffic and visitor numbers.

This may be of Pinterest

The Pinterest Mission
“Our goal is to connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting. We think that a favorite book, toy, or recipe can reveal a common link between two people. With millions of new pins added every week, Pinterest is connecting people all over the world based on shared tastes and interests.”