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<\/a>For all of us, we should remember that the best possible way to honor great work is to do so immediately.\u00a0 A \u201cGreat job!\u201d coming at the right moment from the boss is valued as an honest recognition of good work, especially if done in front of an employee\u2019s peers.<\/p>\n[Email readers, continue here…]<\/em><\/span> \u00a0At times, it is an entire team that deserves the recognition, again immediately after doing a great job.\u00a0 I found a formula that worked for me where most of the employees were in several buildings on the same campus.\u00a0 First arranging for my assistant to obtain the appropriate amount of hundred dollar bills from the bank, and then to follow me around checking off names, I had my own personal holiday celebrating each individual in the team with a handshake, words of thanks, and a C-note.\u00a0 With lots of laughter and thanks, the celebration and words \u201cGreat Job\u201d made for a completely memorable event.\u00a0 And those pop-up thank you visits from the boss certainly contributed to the culture of the company.\u00a0 Word does travel.<\/p>\nRemember to reward those not present at the moment, and remember that the amount should be grossed up to take care of taxes and be entered onto the payrolls of the employees so rewarded.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure you have your own way to making \u201cGood job!\u201d work for you and your team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The best managers we all know are the ones who take the time to praise good work in public, before an employee\u2019s peers.\u00a0 Most of us have a monthly award for the top person in a group of employees. And … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depending-upon-others","category-surrounding-yourself-with-talent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/berkonomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/a>For all of us, we should remember that the best possible way to honor great work is to do so immediately.\u00a0 A \u201cGreat job!\u201d coming at the right moment from the boss is valued as an honest recognition of good work, especially if done in front of an employee\u2019s peers.<\/p>\n