151 Quick Ideas to Recognize and Reward Employees

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A powerful source of recognition for your employees is the level of interest that you focus on them and their work. If you are inaccessible or basically invisible, your employees can easily sense they are not particularly valuable to you or the company. When you manage by wandering around, one advantage is that you can use all of your senses to get a better idea of how a department is operating.

On a more subtle level, by spending time in your employees’ work areas, you are rewarding your employees. You are essentially telling them that although you have a great deal of important work that needs your attention, your team is even more important. Your visits are not based upon resolving a specific problem, and they are free of any agenda ...