We’ve all seen them in action. Some of us even report to one.
These are the managers who don’t seem to want to change their behavior. In our recognition scenario, these are the managers who don’t recognize their direct reports, let alone anyone else working around them.
How are you supposed to get a manager like this to change?
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Historically, recognition training was always a knee jerk reaction to low scores on recognition related questions on the latest employee engagement survey results when I first started speaking and training on recognition skills.
These days recognition training is much more planned and strategic as human resource leaders and organizational development specialist have grown in awareness of recognition’s role and realize a lot of us need skills training.
The good news is that giving meaningful, memorable, and motivational recognition can be learned.
However, learning how to give recognition has not always been at the forefront of most organizations’ learning curriculum.
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