Hi Peggy, loved your article on change. In todays hard economic times where small and large companies are cutting back on incentives or recognition of any kind it's becoming harder to find ways to recognize employees. The attitude I am seeing more and more is "well it's their job and if they want to keep it they need to contribute more" This can be very demoralizing for employees and over time does effect productivity, stifles that creative side we all have and eventually can spread across an office or department like wild fire causing businesses more in lost time from work, meeting dead lines or just that little extra your people used to do for you. So recognition I agree shouldn't be set on the back burner regardless of our economic times. Your list of ways to recognize employees is very helpful, I find with such hard times and tight budgets sometimes it's just taking that few minutes out of your day and buying the employee a coffee and thanking them for their contribution. That 30 - 60 minutes can be more valuable that you might think, once they get over the fear that you are going to fire them and this is more of an appreciation conversation for the work they have done they will tend to open up. You would be surprised at how much employees just want to be heard, want their opinions considered as well it gives the manager time to explain some of the challenges the business is having resulting in a better understand for the employee but also maybe some real tangible suggestions of how to over come some of the road blocks the business may be having. Never under estimate the power of conversation and being true to your employees. Just like in spots, if you don't have a strong team who everyone all working for the same goal they won't win.
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Hi Peggy, loved your article on change. In todays hard economic times where small and large companies are cutting back on incentives or recognition of any kind it's becoming harder to find ways to recognize employees. The attitude I am seeing more and more is "well it's their job and if they want to keep it they need to contribute more" This can be very demoralizing for employees and over time does effect productivity, stifles that creative side we all have and eventually can spread across an office or department like wild fire causing businesses more in lost time from work, meeting dead lines or just that little extra your people used to do for you. So recognition I agree shouldn't be set on the back burner regardless of our economic times.
Your list of ways to recognize employees is very helpful, I find with such hard times and tight budgets sometimes it's just taking that few minutes out of your day and buying the employee a coffee and thanking them for their contribution. That 30 - 60 minutes can be more valuable that you might think, once they get over the fear that you are going to fire them and this is more of an appreciation conversation for the work they have done they will tend to open up. You would be surprised at how much employees just want to be heard, want their opinions considered as well it gives the manager time to explain some of the challenges the business is having resulting in a better understand for the employee but also maybe some real tangible suggestions of how to over come some of the road blocks the business may be having. Never under estimate the power of conversation and being true to your employees.
Just like in spots, if you don't have a strong team who everyone all working for the same goal they won't win.
Cheers Ray
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