Year: 2013

October 18, 2013

Cydcor Team Health and Happiness

After all the hard work and energy our team put into the Cydcor Day of Smiles event, we were ready for some fun and games! Our team recently got to let loose a little at our Cydcor Night Out.  Games, sunshine and smoothies were found at our gathering. At Cydcor, team member happiness is important to us.  We want to make sure our team is engaged, developed and feels a sense of purpose.  Sometimes that means having fun too.   […]

October 16, 2013

Cydcor Reviews The War for Talent

  Title: The War for Talent Author:  Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod Review by:  Suzzanne Fleet Description of this book:  This book uses information from thousands of executives from dozens of companies on how to keep a high level of talent and performance from employees.  Acquiring, retaining and developing talented individuals is essential for companies to succeed.  It is important to pinpoint high performers and low performers, reward high performers, and move low performers out of the organization.  […]

October 10, 2013

Thousands of reasons… (and dollars) to smile!

This past weekend, the Cydcor team hosted our first “Day of Smiles,” a fundraiser held throughout the United States and Canada among our network of independently-owned sales companies for Operation Smile.  In addition to our own team members, more than 200 participating sales companies put their sales powers to work to raise money to provide cleft palate surgeries for children! Though we have been supporters for years – and have raised enough for two medical missions, one of which took […]

October 4, 2013

Using Sales Power for Good: Cydcor on Fundraising

This week the team at Cydcor and its network of independent sales offices will launch the Day of Smiles campaign for Operation Smile.  Operation Smile is a nonprofit that provides cleft palate surgeries to children all over the world.  One in ten children globally are born with a cleft palate, and many of them do not survive past the age of one.  This summer, Cydcor and its sales network were able to a medical mission that would provide downs of […]

October 3, 2013

Vera Quinn on the Day of Smiles

I have been with Cydcor for seventeen years.  In 2010, we launched our partnership with Operation Smile.  The work we do to raise money for this cause has added an extra level of meaning to the work we do at Cydcor and our community.  We were already giving employees volunteer hours and donated to charities, but we especially appreciate our special relationship with Operation Smile. I was able to participate in the mission last year, and I got to see […]

October 2, 2013

Day of Smiles Launched This Week!

Cydcor and its network of independently owned sales offices will be working together to raise funds for Operation Smile from October 4th – 6th .  The goal is to fund another medical mission over the next week.  Cydcor and its network have already funded one mission over the summer, and the new goal for the year is set at $400,000.  Fundraisers will be independently organized by each sales company and everyone is encouraged to implement their own creative ideas to […]

October 1, 2013

Cydcor Launches “Day of Smiles” on October 4th to Heal Smiles and Save the Lives of Children Born with Facial Deformities

Operation Smile, an international children’s medical charity, has announced that Cydcor, the global leader in outsourced sales, is launching the first-ever “Day of Smiles” beginning October 4th and running through October 6th to help children around the world who are born with facial deformities. All proceeds will benefit Operation Smile. Cydcor and its network of independently-owned sales offices across North America will be working together on the same day to raise funds for Operation Smile. All participants will wear tee-shirts […]

September 26, 2013

What Type of Sales Manager are You?

The Heavy Hitter Sales Blog recently reported on the seven types of sales managers.  We wanted to review the types and then ask you what type you may fall under and which manager you prefer to have.  So here they are! For more detail, read Steve W. Martin’s post on the seven types of sales managers over at the Heavy Hitters blog.

September 25, 2013

Medical Mission #2 Funded

Cydcor worked together with the network of independent sales companies to create fundraising events to raise enough money to fund a medical mission for Operation Smile. The trip, at a total of $150,000, will fund a team of surgeons to help correct cleft palates in poor countries. Independent sales companies sold brown bag lunches, threw parties, held events and sales, and many more creative ideas from coast to coast. Check out our video of all of our fantastic, engaged team […]

September 23, 2013

Thank You from Cydcor

    Operation Smile has been a big part of Cydcor for the last few years, and we are working on raising even more money to help restore smiles all over the world. Cydcor wants to say THANK YOU to volunteers and donors for their support of this great cause. We appreciate all the hard work and dedication. We are continuing to partner with this organization and have some very fun events coming up in the near future! Stay tuned […]