Employee recognition is everyone’s responsibility, no doubt about it.
But there is something about having the personal support and endorsement of your senior leaders that propels recognition to a whole new level.
The 2015 WorldatWork Trends in Employee Recognition Survey showed only 34% of managers felt they had a high level of support from their senior management team for employee recognition programs.
Your goal should always be to get a senior leader’s commitment to making employee recognition practices and use of recognition programs a high priority as part of your company’s people strategy.
You can then prove to them how recognition can help them achieve the business goals you all want to see reached.
Don’t ever underestimate the value of an executive endorsement for employee recognition. (more…)