{"id":186188,"date":"2021-07-21T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chiefexecutive.net\/?p=186188"},"modified":"2021-08-09T15:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T19:51:54","slug":"how-to-say-thank-you-to-your-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiefexecutive.net\/how-to-say-thank-you-to-your-people\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Say Thank You To Your People"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For more, read our special report, “The Remarkable Power of Gratitude.”<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

1. It isn\u2019t about money.<\/strong> \u201cMoney is compensation,\u201d says Nelson. \u201cCompensation is a right, recognition is a gift. Part of why recognition means so much is you don\u2019t have to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. Timing is everything.<\/strong> Nelson urges leaders to lose no opportunity to praise swiftly, sincerely and proactively. \u201cYou can do a great praising in 10 seconds in the hallway. The sooner you can catch people doing something right, the more you reinforce it, the more likely they\u2019ll be repeated. So, if you see something, say something.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. Be sincere.<\/strong> \u201cIt has to come from the heart to be sincere, which sometimes is a difficult thing to teach someone. Some of the sincerity comes from specifics. Use specifics. Tell them what you heard, what you saw, what came to your attention. That gives it more credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

4. Make it personal.<\/strong> \u201cWhich of course is tough because you can\u2019t be everywhere all the time. But when you can add the personal touch, when you can do it face-to-face or with a direct phone call, that\u2019s going to have more power.\u201d<\/p>\n

5. Praise, then stop.<\/strong> \u201cA lot of executives\u2026they\u2019ll say something nice and then, they\u2019ll take it away with what was wrong with the project, that there were typos or whatever it might be. My advice is to just stow that for now. Keep it 100 percent positive. Managers and leaders do this so infrequently\u2014so don\u2019t mess it up when you do it, keep it pure.\u201c<\/p>\n

6. Make it a habit.<\/strong> \u201cI like to think of ways you can work it into your daily pattern, for instance, at a staff meeting Monday morning, that type of thing. You can use that initial start time to call out recognition of good things individually for the team, for the company. That\u2019s very powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n

7. Be proactive.<\/strong> \u201cYou\u2019ve got to actually look for opportunities to acknowledge and be grateful for people. If you\u2019re just reactive, you end up being reactive around the mistakes. If you\u2019re an executive, it has more punch, more power. Often it\u2019s more symbolic, and it sends a message to other people that this is something we all need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gratitude doesn\u2019t have to be complex to be powerful. 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