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10Why Recognition Maintains High-Performing Teams

Recognition naturally follows on from accountability and goal setting. After all, this is a form of feedback and you can't hope to achieve your goals or hold people accountable if you don't recognise their efforts. Overall, businesses that excel at recognition and appreciation create a positive work environment where employees feel valued, respected and motivated to perform at their best, all of which supports their efforts to achieve ambitious goals. Recognition efforts contribute to higher levels of employee engagement, satisfaction and productivity, ultimately driving organisational success.

The obvious way to recognise people is that attractive carrot—money. But money isn't necessarily ...