Do you agree we have a challenge with praise and encouragement in most Workplaces?

There appears to be the following challenges with Praising people in most Workplace cultures-
– it’s not done as it can be misunderstood as favoritism
– most leaders believe it divides the Teams so best don’t praise anyone?!!!
– if you are praised you may drop your performance?!! Build vanity or worse still become complacent and underperform?!!
-In many cases we find even very Senior Managers struggling with feeling ‘Not Valued’ despite achieving some remarkable milestones for the organization. So in turn don’t praise their Teams?

Let’s start right at the Top with this for Everyone!

1. Praise and Encouragement is food for the soul. Must be handed out astutely to those who deserve this best and can help uphold, become role models for the standards of High Performance!
2. Everyone needs Praise and kind words of encouragement to keep going…
3. If there is congruency in your standards and ability to judge desired behaviors or accomplishments as performance, then we must not be worried, as the people being praised the most are the ones who will show up as High Performers.
4. Praise and appreciation can drive desired behaviors
Team work
Reciprocity
Kindness and Compassion
Trust
Inclusive Behaviors
Peer Coaching
And so many others to build Future Leadership.
5. Appreciation and knowing your good behavior at work got noticed positively impacts Engagement, Contribution and Employee Experience.
Break out of the penury of Praise everyone- bring it on! This can revolutionize your workplace if used meaningfully.

Questions for Leaders-
Did I praise, appreciate people for all great things that happened today??
Do I hesitate to let people know they are Valued because I don’t feel Valued?
How can we break out of this vicious Non- praising cycle? #leadership #work #people #future #help #teamwork #engagement #employeeexperience #kindness