Employee appreciation should not be a once-a-year event. In fact, people who feel valued on the regular are less likely to leave their jobs. Putting some effort into recognizing your employees for the good jobs they are doing can help you reduce turnover, increase engagement, and just make your workplace a better place to be!…
As a leader, it is imperatively important to offer your team consistent feedback – not only in times of improvement but also in times of praise. One of the largest complaints of employees is not hearing anything positive when they are doing their job well, only criticism when things are going wrong. Enter the constructive…
We talk a lot about what it takes to be a good leader, but what about the things leaders should be avoiding? The last thing any leader wants is for their team to think poorly of them, to be afraid of them, to complain about them at the water cooler — so how can you…
There are hundreds of ways to show appreciation for your customers this holiday season—even on a shoestring budget. Many businesses hold off until closer to mid-December to deliver gifts to clients, but Thanksgiving is also an ideal time to show them appreciation with gifts or notes of thanks. Here are four ways to apply Dale…
Each first Friday in March is Employee Appreciation Day. While not all companies observe it, some reserve it as an official day on which to honor and celebrate their employees. Whether on the official day or any other, here are four reasons to show employees appreciation. Appreciation matters as much as money to some employees. Dale…
Valentine’s Day provides a perfect opportunity to apply Dale Carnegie’s 2nd Human Relations principle, ‘Give honest, sincere appreciation.’ This pioneer of positive relationships once said, “Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling,…
Criticism is hard to swallow for many people. Turns out it’s even harder to undo. Dr. Gottman and Robert Levenson started studying the difference between happy and unhappy couples during the 1970s. They discovered that the key factor between the two is the balance between positive and negative interactions. They computed a “magic ratio” of…
It’s common for businesses to show customer and employee appreciation during the holidays, however some organizations are differentiating themselves by weaving such efforts into their daily and weekly plans. This approach to appreciation is benefitting their bottom line and more. Here are three reasons to give gratitude all year long. Showing appreciation increases employee engagement. …