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Disillusioned or negative employees are especially hard to motivate because even praise doesn’t seem to reach them. But that could be because your praise is coming off as superficial. With hard-to-reach employees, praise must be detailed and accurate. Use this three-step process to get your message across:

1. Show that you understand the difficulty of what they did.
2. Show you understand how they succeeded—their technique, their decisions.
3. Show you understand the value of what they did.

In other words, giving praise can be work! But like work, it’s worthwhile when it accomplishes something.

You wanted to be the boss—and now you are. Problem: You feel like you need to install a revolving door in your office because everyone is bringing every little problem to you. You had envisioned yourself as a well-loved leader. But you’re afraid you’ve gone too far in trying to help everyone with everything.

Family Golf Month. Sponsored by Play Golf America, which believes that “playing golf, even in your own hometown, may be the perfect family vacation.” Take your family golfing, and enjoy a day outside.

National Recreation and Parks Month. Established in 1985 by the National Recreation and Park Association, this month is dedicated to encouraging families to explore their local parks. It also recognizes and salutes those who maintain and work in parks around the country.

Women’s Motorcycle Month. In 1916, Adeline and Augusta Van Buren became the first women to ride motorcycles from coast to coast (New York to California).Today one of every 10 motorcycle owners (4.3 million people) is a woman.

National Hot Dog Month. The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council estimates that Americans eat 7 billion hot dogs during the summer months (Memorial Day to Labor Day). On average, that’s 818 hot dogs per second. Go to www.hot-dog.org for more information.

Sports Cliché Week, July 11-17. This week honors all those sports clichés overused by fans, athletes, and announcers. “The best defense is a good offense . . . We’re taking it one game at a time . . . There’s no ‘I’ in TEAM . . . It’s gut-check time . . .”

National Parenting Gifted Children Week, July 12-18. Sponsored by SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted), a national nonprofit organization, to celebrate the joys and challenges of raising, guiding, and supporting bright young minds. Go to www.sengifted.org for more details.

National Rabbit Week, July 15-21. From Peter Rabbit to Watership Down, rabbits are literary—and real life—favorites. Rabbit Week honors these adorable furry housepets and raises awareness about practices such as buying an “Easter bunny” only to discard it later.