All Blog Posts Tagged 'appreciation' (68)

Recognize This! – Don’t forget the key ingredients to employee engagement and excellence.

I’ve written a few blog posts in the last couple of months where I noticed I used these two words in conjunction – Useless Unless. Two little letters of difference, yet a tremendous differentiator.

Think of the ramifications in…

Recognize This! – Irritating, exhausting situations can be made better by those around us who choose a good attitude. Find a way to thank those who make your day better.

A large part of my role as a consultant on strategic, social recognition is travel. And when travel is part of your work, you end up with travel horror stories. I had one myself earlier…

Recognize This! – You don’t have to take employee turnover sitting down. You can take action now with three simple steps.

A terrific new infographic just came out from Cornerstone OnDemand, based on their 2013 US Employee Report.

The main thrust of the report adds to what seems to be the New Year’s resolution of the vast majority of employees – finding a new…

Recognize This! – Don’t recognize employees only at the holidays, but rather throughout the year.

During the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen several media articles and blog posts on this topic. None are worth pointing back to as the advice is the same stuff I’m sure you’ve all read again and again, year after year.

So what do I advise instead?

1. Stop making recognition an annual spectacle! Make it ongoing throughout the year.…
   
   

Recognize This! – Innovation and innovative ideas can come from anywhere, if encouraged, recognized and rewarded.

This week I’m wrapping up the last in our 2012 series of “Build Your Winning Culture of Recognition” workshops in with participants build their own one-page strategies to create a true culture of appreciation and recognition in their organizations. (A few seats are still available in Tyson’s Corner, VA, for tomorrow’s workshop.…

Recognize This! – Jerks can only rise so high in their careers. Considerate bosses actually achieve the CEO office more.

A disturbing news trend I’ve been seeing during the last several months since the untimely death of Steve Jobs is the rise of the “jerk” boss – an aggressive, in-your-face, even insulting management style being necessary to not only get the “best” out of people, but also to rise to the highest career levels.

This…

Recognize This! – Retention of these employees may be impossible, but you can refocus their efforts while you have them.

At a recent workshop led by my Insight team, a participant made a very insightful comment about “employees who quit but forgot to tell you.”

I’m sure we can all think of employees like this in our organization. They are at their position in body, but certainly not in spirit. Worse yet, they are earning 100% of their pay and benefits, but at…

Recognize This! – The ability to focus on others and not just yourself is critical to success in today’s workplace.

What do you want most in your employees? A good work ethic? Trustworthiness? A non-complainer?

Recently in TLNT, Editor John…

Recognize This! – Years of Service acknowledgement does not equal strategic employee recognition.

Part of my role as head of consulting with Globoforce is to help clients educate others within their organization that having a Years of Service program (also known as Long Service or Milestone Anniversary) is not the same as a strategic, social recognition program.…

Recognize This! – We are all responsible for our own happiness, but we can easily contribute to the happiness of others as well.

In a post on her Compensation Force blog, Ann Bares pointed me to this discussion by Carr Hagerman on happiness in the workplace:

“If you want happiness in the workplace, hire people that are happy for crying out loud,…

Recognize This! – The only qualifier for needing recognition in the workplace is being a member of the human race.

Last week I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Thad Peterson the results of the Globoforce Spring 2012 Mood Tracker survey (which tracks the perceptions of full-time, currently employed U.S. workers). Now…

Recognize This! – Strong talent always has a choice of where to work and increasingly is choosing an organization with purpose.

On Monday, I wrote about the importance of culture for organization success and how to do that through consistent, frequent recognition of employees.…

Recognize This! – There are always B players in any organization who are just as important to your success as A players, if in a different way.

During the last few months, one of the top books has been the Steve Jobs autobiography. It’s a fascinating read and doesn’t hold back on both the genius of Steve Jobs as well as his less attractive personality traits and leadership…

Recognize This! – Focusing on positivity at work must be based on more than just “good feelings” to be successful over the long term.

What do you think about the positivity at work movement?

I’ve written about positivity psychology at work before, noting:

“If choosing positivity for ourselves is within our power (and I believe it is – we choose our attitude every day), why are we neglecting positivity in the workplace? Is it because we work…

Recognize This! – Perfect attendance awards are a bad idea.

Can we talk about a dirty little secret of employee recognition?

“Perfect Attendance” awards are a really bad idea. Yes, we want our employees to come to work. But we already pay them to be here and to do their job. At their base, that’s what attendance awards are all about – show up and do your job.

In fact, attendance awards aren’t recognition. They are incentives –…

Recognize This! – The unexpected surprise delights us more than the expected reward.

I’m often asked about the difference between incentives and recognition (and if there really is one). Let me be clear – there is a very great difference between incentives and recognition. There is a role for both, though I…

Recognize This! – No company will build the same culture, but every organization should focus intentional effort on building the right culture for them.

I’ve been traveling a good deal again lately, which means I’ve had time to dig into my “organization culture and leadership” pile of books. A short flight recently gave me the opportunity to read Building a Culture of…

Recognize This! – Praise should always be a separate conversation from requests or constructive feedback.

Blanchard Leader Chat has quickly become one of my favorite blogs. The insights are nearly always on-point and targeted to helping all of us (regardless of official position in the org chart) to become better leaders.

Case in point: this recent post on…