I think it is very important to be more strategic about recognition where you work. You must clearly know the purpose of each of your recognition programs.
Only then will you know when your recognition programs are effective or not.
Take the following approach seriously for a fresh look at your recognition program effectiveness
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Not all leaders are good at giving recognition.
It takes a certain person to rise up the ranks and become a senior leader in an organization. Some have exceptional interpersonal skills and enjoy being with people and are good at interacting with others. There are others who became leaders because of their exceptional skills or expertise in various administrative and professional areas.
However, giving meaningful and effective recognition is a competency skill all leaders should develop even if they don’t see recognition as important. A Quantum Workplace study on 7 Employee Engagement Strategies found only 11.8% of organizational representatives put employee recognition as a top people priority.
Your role as a leader of recognition is to create better leadership awareness of the importance of employee recognition. Help your leaders know how to deal with the reality that happens when employees do not feel recognized. (more…)
You may have seen it or even been the recipient of it, but sometimes leaders can cause incredible havoc when they give critical feedback especially when done in a demeaning and damaging way.
And when this comes from a leader, somehow their position and the perceived emotional and societal weight of that negative performance review comes down with even greater force.
I also think it is important to separate out feedback from giving recognition.
Recognition is any thought, word or deed towards making some feel appreciated and valued for who they are as well as recognized for the things they do.
The whole intent behind recognition is to value people and their work.
Feedback contrasts with recognition in that its core purpose is to help people improve performance rather than simply acknowledge it.
Consider the following 5 points on how leaders and managers can improve their own feedback giving to people. (more…)
Many leaders are unaware of how valued or recognized their employees are feeling right now. It’s not always a pretty picture.
The Gallup group suggest only a third of employees they survey through all their client companies actually receive recognition or praise for doing good work on the job in any given week.
I am going to share 3 simple ways you can use to find out how well recognized your employees feel, today!
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