Design a system to track and highlight every team member’s personal bests. Don’t just track individual performance, discuss and celebrate personal bests regularly.
The most powerful recognition highlights the value of the work AND the person doing it.
What To Do
Design a system to track and highlight every team member’s personal bests. Don’t just track individual performance, discuss and celebrate personal bests regularly.
This type of recognition ensures that you acknowledge people’s best efforts and motivates people to do more.
Why This Is Important
Individuals who receive recognition and praise for doing good work are more productive, engaged and more likely to stay with their organization. Customers give these employees higher loyalty and satisfaction scores.
The most meaningful recognition highlights the value of the work and the person doing it.
Meaningful recognition – praise that highlights the value of the work and the person doing it – is rare. One in three workers strongly agree that their manager knows what they do best.