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Make Their Day!, 2nd Edition
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Make Their Day!, 2nd Edition

by Cindy Ventrice
May 2009
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 25m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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chapter 3 Recognition Starts with Your Relationships

What is it that makes recognition work? That’s what I wanted to know when I began asking employees from around the country to tell me about memorable workplace recognition they had received. I wanted to hear directly from the people being recognized and get their reaction to their employers’ recognition efforts. I wanted to hear about the recognition experiences that had “made their day.”

In my initial research, I solicited the opinions of over one hundred employees across the United States. My continuing research has expanded to over a thousand and includes people from all over the world.

So, what do employees say makes their day?

Sticky Recognition

If your manager put a sticker on ...

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