5 ways to thank and motivate employees

WAYS Thanks Motivates Employees

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Why is praise and recognition —receiving thanks — so motivating?

Here’s what we learned from the new book The Power of Thanks:

1Thanks

identify the right behaviors.

Nice work!

Managers identify the right behaviors in advance and

as they happen.

The right actions should be appreciated — because it’s

rewarding to receive thanks, and because it might happen again!

2Thanks are feedback.

Thanks tell employees they’re on the right track.

Great job on the project, today!

NEW MESSAGE FROM MANAGER:

Thanks for effort, quickly expressed, reassures employees that they’re

doing the right things.

3Thanks

break through social and emotional barriers.

Sincerely expressed thanks break through the social barriers that naturally arise in organizations.

When those barriers fall, emotions like loyalty, trust, and dedication

flow more freely.

4Thanks

create trust and social bonds.

Thanks create social bonds between giver and receiver.

5Thanks feel good.

Feeling good is a benefit of appreciation and has strategic value if it reinforces the right behaviors.

Are you thanking and motivating YOUR employees?

Adapted from The Power of Thanks, by Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine,

McGraw Hill 2015.

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HOW SOCIAL RECOGNITION EMPOWERS EMPLOYEES AND CREATES A BEST PLACE TO WORK

ERIC MOSELYCEO OF GLOBOFORCE

DEREK IRVINEVP OF CLIENT STRATEGY CONSULTING, GLOBOFORCE

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