Recognise This! – Make it easy for anyone to meaningfully recognise others and track the impact on your culture.
ADP in the UK recently conducted a survey of employees and HR Directors (HRDs) in the UK. (Full report and infographic.) When asked what as the most powerful motivator and lever for engagement at work, both groups responded with praise and recognition.
Employee View
HRD View
Great! HR and employees agree! As in the case of any survey, however, results without action are meaningless. So, more importantly, what are you going to do about it? Your employees need recognition to be more engaged in their work. You want them to be more engaged because you know more engaged employees are more productive.
3 Easy Steps for Powerful, Motivating, Engaging Recognition and Praise
- Make recognising others easy for everyone.
No manager, no matter how good, can see all the good happening around them. Make it possible for anyone, anywhere, any time to easily recognise others. Peers and colleagues alike must be able to recognise team members, anywhere in the company or the world, and do so however is convenient for them and how they work. - Be sure you’re recognising the right things.
To have the most impact, make sure all recognition is also deeply meaningful and focussed on the right behaviours, not just results or outcomes. What are your company’s core values or operating principles? Encourage people to notice when those around them behave in ways that demonstrate these values and recognise them for it. - Track and measure the impact of recognition on your organisation.
When you empower everyone to recognise the right behaviours in their colleagues, you can begin to track the impact of recognition on your culture as a whole and tie to that to how your engagement scores change.
What’s most motivating for you? What do you think most motivates others?
Image credit: ADP – “The Workforce View in 2013″
