Recognition Is Important In Engaging Your Employees: But Have You Included This?

People typically think of recognition as coming from their boss or the CEO, but there’s an important component that is often overlooked:
 

• Positive praise from peers, which is a shame, as it can be just as effective.

 
𝙄𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩, 𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙧-𝙩𝙤-𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩.
 
People are working together each day, often on overcoming obstacles and challenges, creating a deeper understanding of the day-to-day work, making this type of recognition especially meaningful.
 
Employee recognition software makes it easy to design and manage recognition programs.
 
However, just because you might not yet have that in place, doesn’t mean that you can’t get started on peer-to-peer recognition right away:
 
✅ Decide on a very basic program structure, including what co-workers can be recognized for.
✅ Announce how the program will work.
✅ Once underway, if you have a company newsletter, print the good news there.
✅ Send out a company-wide email blast.
✅ Make it an agenda item at company meetings, and set-aside announcement time.
✅ Post the winner’s headshot publicly on your company’s social media account.
✅ If you have Slack, designate a channel for team members to share the great work or idea of a co-worker.
 
Then, progress to employee recognition software, and design and manage a great program.
 
Including a peer-to-peer component, which will make it even more effective and meaningful.
 
In short, a robust recognition program is a must for engaging employees in today’s world.