Employee Appreciation - Give It Often & Out In The Open

Written by David Bator | February 22, 2012

In their popular study on the 10 C's of Employee Engagement, authors Gerard H. Seijts and Dan Crim in the Ivey Business Journal listed "Congratulate" near the top.

According to their study, "Surveys indicate that employees feel that they receive immediate feedback when their performance is poor, or below expectations, but that praise for strong performance is, unfortunately, less common. Exceptional leaders give recognition, and they do so a lot."

We couldn't agree more.The right social recognition program increases employee motivation and retention. What's more, when employee appreciation is made public it becomes a valuable tool for employee development and collaboration, while reinforcing corporate culture and values.

To learn more about the impact non-monetary, public, peer-to-peer employee appreciation can have on your organization, download our free whitepaper.

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