Element 4 Recognition and Praise
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What Your Employees Need to Know
Personalized feedback and recognition aren't just "frills" that make workers feel good about themselves -- they're crucial predictors of positive performance. Yet a global study of employee engagement shows that they're among the lowest rated workplace elements worldwide.
Leading Engagement From the Top
How does employee engagement move through an organization? Does it begin in the executive suite and move down through managers to frontline workers? Or does it come from all different directions? Gallup researchers set out to tackle these essential leadership questions.
The Fourth Element of Great Managing
Employees may be motivated by many different things, but they all strive for recognition and praise. And they need that positive feedback at least every seven days, according to the authors of 12: The Elements of Great Managing -- a New York Times bestseller that draws on 10 million workplace interviews.
In Praise of Praising Your Employees
Employees who report they're not adequately recognized at work are three times more likely to say they'll quit in the next year. That's a shame, as this problem is completely avoidable. Frequent recognition is a surefire -- not to mention affordable -- way to boost employee engagement, and to keep good people.
