I have this great quote on my desk from Jason Goldberg, the American film and television producer, that says, “Find your one thing and do that one thing better than anyone else.”
This has been my goal with employee recognition in trying to understand meaningful and effective recognition practices and how to make recognition programs amazing.
So, how are you going to improve your recognition better than anyone else?
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Some people raise the concern that to expect their managers to recognize their employees is too much on top of everything else they are doing.
However, since it is employees or associates who provide the goods and services that produce satisfied customers, appreciating your people is the very least you can do.
What they need to do is to raise managers’ level of intrinsic motivation for recognizing, praising, and rewarding staff, so they can become proficient at giving recognition and willing to do so every chance they get.
One way for people to give better and more meaningful recognition is to first find out what is meaningful to each of their employees.
I will review with your key ways to teach and help supervisors and managers to practice this needed skill.
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