One of the most popular topics people search for is learning how to identify your employee’s recognition preferences.
However, once an employee has shown how they like to be recognized, do you really know their preferences and do you use them?
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When you want to give amazing recognition to people, you must know everything you can about the people you are recognizing.
Recognition people feel is much more about the person than it ever is about any action on their part. Recognition is more than they do something, then they get something.
Real recognition is about appreciating the whole person and recognizing them for what they do.
Recognition is mostly an intangible expression of acknowledgement and valuing of an individual or a team, for their positive behaviours, their personal effort, or contributions they have made.
The key is making your recognition very personal. Let’s explore how you can do that.
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Has your manager ever recognized you in a way you really didn’t appreciate?
While not by my manager, I can recall twice where people recognized me in not the best way.
Each of these poor recognition events proved the person responsible for recognizing me had done no homework. In addition, it might well have been the individual transferring their own preference on to how they recognized me. And, I also think one was a cheap, quick and easy way out.
The bottom-line is I did not feel properly recognized.
Have you seen employees disappointed or feeling a lack of respect with how they’re acknowledged and recognized?
We will discover ways for finding out how people want to be recognized.
Remember, I alluded to two occasions where I received depersonalized recognition that meant nothing to me? Let me share those experiences with you so we can learn from them.
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