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A smile. |
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A simple, sincere thank you. |
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A personal letter to the employee,
with copies sent to your immediate supervisor and to the employee's
supervisor. |
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Public recognition in front of
peers. |
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Public recognition in front of
one's boss. |
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A letter of praise from a customer
or vendor shared directly with the employee who delivered the service. |
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A letter from a customer or vendor
praising an employee, posted in company bulletin board. |
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Listening to an employee who has an
idea for improving efficiency and then acting affirmatively on that
suggestion. |
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Arranging employee discounts from
your vendors or customers. |
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Allowing the employee to work on an
especially exciting project that he or she would not usually work on. |
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Asking employees what non-monetary
rewards they would like to have and, if possible, providing them. |
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Issuing a "You Were Mentioned"
certificate to employees whenever you hear something nice about them,
whether from a customer, co-worker, or superior. |
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Electing a high-achieving employee
to a company-wide task force. |
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Providing lunch or bagels for
employees caught in the act of success by an appointed group of
company-wide "catchers." |
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Rotating the "company flag" or
other symbol of excellence from department or team to department/team
on a monthly basis. |
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Creating a small slush fund. Mete
it out to managers to do something nice for the employees of
particular merit. |
