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How To Make Recognition a Great Gift

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Recognition is something special that connects the giver with the recipient uniquely by their expression of recognition or the gift of recognition they give.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor, nicely delineated the difference between compensation and recognition, when she said that, “Compensation is a right; recognition is a gift.” 

What can you do to make the recognition you give to people a great gift? 

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My Name Is Important To Me

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When you give recognition to an employee, do you say their name correctly when expressing recognition to them?

I want to increase your awareness of the importance of using a person’s preferred name whenever you recognize them face-to-face, in written text, or in personalizing a tangible item with their name on it.

How do you think you’re doing in using people’s proper name?

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