Thursday, June 24, 2010

Way to go!

In our personal lives, we congratulate others to express joy in the success or good fortune of one another.  In business we should do the same for our colleagues and employees, especially after they have completed a project or task that we have delegated out to them; even more so when their hard work results in our success.  Congratulating your employees for a job well done will make your employees feel good about the work they did for you and hungry for more recognition resulting in satisfied and motivated employees.  What does this mean to you?  Production!  Every time you congratulate someone on a job well done, you are doing your job and driving production.  Here are a few Successful SUPERvisors techniques to recognize employees:

Personally:  Take the time for some face to face recognition by offering a hand shake, verbally recognize growth, congratulate on successes and thank employees for their hard work.  If you don’t have the time for a one on one, do it as you pass each other in the hall or next time you meet at the water cooler. 

Publically:  Let everyone in on your appreciation; in an environment where you are visible to the team, offer a high five, say good job, cheer your employee on, get loud – this stuff only takes seconds of your time.

Technically:  Email a thank you note (option to include upper management), leave a voicemail, hang a flyer, blurb about it in the company newsletter, post it on the company website, post a recommendation on linked-in…

Take Action:    Congratulate
Keep On: 
Follow Up
Delegate
Supercharge Employees
Interval Train
Encourage employees to start at the finish line
Setting the Pace.  Establish a speed and standard for production

Talking:  Communicate at all times; your job is to remind your team what they are working towards
Looking back at what you’ve done; evaluate your progress.
Being Proactive rather than reactive
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ommunicating the vision, state direction, involve and challenge the team to go for it!   

Acting out and aligning your values with your company values and those of your employees.   Walk the talk.
Delivering the VIP Treatment
Being the Expert Extraordinaire
Giving and continue to establish a good reputation
Copycatting the Successful SUPERvisors of your past
Telling yourself that you’re a Super SUPERvisor!
Believing; remember, you’ve made the conscious decision to lead.  

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