Showing appreciation is a great way to build a community within your workplace and inspire people to do their best.

Good job! Nice work! Way to go! These are great to hear, but they don’t give clear direction to the person receiving the comments as to WHY their work was appreciated, nor how to keep up the momentum.

Create peer-to-peer channels. Leadership appreciation matters most, but peer recognition amplifies it. Simple mechanisms — Slack channels, team shout-outs, end-of-sprint acknowledgments — normalize a ...

How did you celebrate Employee Appreciation Day? It was on March 4, a feel-good celebration of workers and the workplace. If you missed out, don’t worry. Done right, workplace appreciation is not a ...

Become your own source of appreciation. Celebrate wins, take breaks, and maintain healthy boundaries. Cultivate appreciation ...

The holiday season is fast approaching and it’s the perfect time to stop, reflect and give thanks for what we have. But this shouldn’t be limited to the Thanksgiving Day dinner table. Employers, too, ...

It’s a Christmas classic. Every year we enjoy the journey of the Grinch — from ninja-level curmudgeon, to repenting of his ways and then saving the day. The Grinch remains an interesting character. He ...

Every year in March, along with women’s history, we celebrate Social Worker Appreciation Month. The National Association of Social Workers has selected this year’s theme as “the time is right for ...

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IN every office setting I have worked in, I realized it was not common for people to acknowledge, or even compliment someone on how well they did at work. This might be the effect of a competitive ...