Appreciation is great! Just be sure that you're reinforcing behaviors that lead to a growth mindset (learning, process, effort, support, etc) without overemphasizing the static things that reinforce a fixed mindset.
That’s so true! We need to be intentional about the behaviors we’re reinforcing. Eg: we don’t want to praise consistently working long hours when we don’t actually want that to be the norm.
Great article, Irina. I'm very passionate about recognizing others for their positive contributions. Bringing a kudos element/section to each Friday team meeting lowers the activation energy for any teammate to give recognition to othera.
I'd also mention that if your company has an employee recognition portal (eg: Awardco), managers can encourage their employees to use such platform as well for even more visibility.
From my experience, kudos is effective when the behavior being recognized is something that is a good example (eg: writing an investigation doc for a difficult bug) as well as the kudos being genuine. We should cultivate cultures where kudos are delivered from the bottom of one's heart instead of it coming as "forced". That makes the appreciation even sweeter. Would love to hear your thoughts on this?
I totally agree with showing appreciation, as long as it’s genuine. I was shocked here by the amount of shallow praises like ‘this is great’, ‘they are great’, ‘great work’. It sounds so fake that the effect is the opposite, mistrust and demotivation. So better say nothing!
Awesome Post Irina. Thank you for your content.
Thank you for being here! 🙏🏼
Appreciation is great! Just be sure that you're reinforcing behaviors that lead to a growth mindset (learning, process, effort, support, etc) without overemphasizing the static things that reinforce a fixed mindset.
That’s so true! We need to be intentional about the behaviors we’re reinforcing. Eg: we don’t want to praise consistently working long hours when we don’t actually want that to be the norm.
Public appreciation, hands down.
Yes 🙌🏼 so easy and it costs nothing!
Great article, Irina and all the specific examples with how to do it correctly. Thanks for this 🙏
I especially like the tip on giving positive feedback to their managers. Definitely underused
Great article, Irina. I'm very passionate about recognizing others for their positive contributions. Bringing a kudos element/section to each Friday team meeting lowers the activation energy for any teammate to give recognition to othera.
I'd also mention that if your company has an employee recognition portal (eg: Awardco), managers can encourage their employees to use such platform as well for even more visibility.
From my experience, kudos is effective when the behavior being recognized is something that is a good example (eg: writing an investigation doc for a difficult bug) as well as the kudos being genuine. We should cultivate cultures where kudos are delivered from the bottom of one's heart instead of it coming as "forced". That makes the appreciation even sweeter. Would love to hear your thoughts on this?
I totally agree with showing appreciation, as long as it’s genuine. I was shocked here by the amount of shallow praises like ‘this is great’, ‘they are great’, ‘great work’. It sounds so fake that the effect is the opposite, mistrust and demotivation. So better say nothing!