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The Importance of Recognizing People on the Job
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by Lee Chance
Recognition is the act of recognizing or the state of being recognized. It is an acknowledgement of something, especially as being true or valid. Recognition is not just a nice thing to do for people. Recognition is a communication tool that reinforces and rewards the most important outcome that was created by what is being recognized.
People like recognition that is random and that provide an element of surprise. Most importantly, recognition must supply specific information about what behaviors or actions are being rewarded and recognized.
When a person is shown appreciation and reorganization for good work performance, it doesn’t matter if that person is an employee or a volunteer it will encourage others to strive for that perfection for themselves. It’s a proven fact that by recognizing people dedication, commitment and results–you boost their moral increase productivity as well as their enthusiasm.
Sometimes employer starts out with the best intention when they seek to recognize a worker performance. They often find their efforts turn into an opportunity for employee complaining, jealousy, and dissatisfaction. With these types of experiences, many employers are hesitant to provide employee recognition.
Research finding shows that formal, informal and day-to-day recognition programs, when linked to the organizations values and goals, can created a culture of recognition that enhances employee engagement, performances and retention.
There are different types of recognition. There is some recognition people never think about. Lets talk about speech recognition.
Speech recognition is the process of converting an acoustic signal, captured by a microphone or a telephone to a set of words. The recognized words can be the final results, as for applications such as commands and control, data entry, and document preparation. They can also serve as the input to further linguistic processing in order to achieve speech understanding.
The simplest language model can be specified as a finite-state network, where the permissible words following each word are given explicitly. More general language models approximating nature language are specified in terns of a context-sensitive grammar.
Appreciation recognition and employee recognition are very popular. There are some similarities started above. You don’t want to design a process in which managers “select” the people to receive recognition. This type of process will be viewed forever as “favoritism” or talked about as “its your turn to get recognized this month.” This is why process that single out an individual, such as “Employee of the month,” are rarely effective.
A client company established criteria for rewarding employees. Criteria include such activies as contributing to company success serving as a customer without being asked to help by the supervisor. That’s sad to say but it happens more then anyone realize. Each employee who meets the stated criteria receives a thank you note hand- written by the supervisor. The wonderful thing about this is, the note spells out exactly why the person is receiving the recognition.
Most times the note includes the opportunity for that person to “draw” a gift from a box. The gifts range from fast food restaurants, gift certificates and some times a substantial cash reward. The person draws the reward, so no supervisory interference is perceived.
There is always room for employee rewards and recognition activities that generally build positive morals in the work environment.
The Pall Corporation, in Ann Arbor, Ml, has had a “smile team” that meets to schedule random, fun employee recognition events. Rewards and recognition that help both the employer and the employee get what they need from work are a win-win situation. Why not make this year the year you plan a recognition process that will “wow” your staff and “wow” you with its positive outcome. Make sure you avoid the employee recognition trap. For example, singling out a few employees who are mysteriously selected for recognition.
Thousands of people will not be recognized for what they are doing. However, that will not take away their motivation to continue their work. They enjoy what they’re doing. Recognition is the last thing on their minds but recognition does encourage others that are just waiting to be found.
Lee Chance can be reached at P.O. Box 540 in Sardis, Ga. 30456 or by phone at 478-569-4009
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