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Why People Need Recognition
Recognition boosts self esteem and performance.
People need to
feel important, satisfied and inspired to perform to their fullest potential.
Recognition signifies that someone notices and someone cares.
It satisfies a person's
essential needs and leads to new motivation, improved performance and higher self esteem.
Recognition is increasingly important in today's business environment.
Competition for the
best workers is intense. At the same time, the importance of human resources is paramount
- a company needs to obtain extraordinary results from ordinary people. Yet another
factor, is the attitude among today's employees - who value job satisfaction over most
other criteria.
Bottom line - an organization that wants to be competitive absolutely needs to make
employees feel valued so they perform their best work on a daily basis - and stick around
to make a continuous contribution.
Recognition isn't just for the person who performed well.
It's also a message to other
employees about the type of performance that gets noticed in an organization. Management
consultant Rosebeth Moss Kanter says, "To the rest of the organization, recognition
creates role models and heroes - and communicates the standards of the kinds of things
that constitute great performance around here."
Source: Visions / Award Craft
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