A people tool that will work wonders

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Here’s a people tool that will do wonders.

How much do people like recognition? Short answer. A lot. In fact, people leave jobs simply due to lack of appreciation. The fact is most of us need to give more. And we probably see many opportunities to give recognition but if the timing isn’t right, we hold off.

Gladys Stern said,?

“Silent gratitude isn’t much good to anyone.”?

We all know we miss opportunities to give people appreciation all the time. We get busy. It slips off our priority list. We plan to but forget. It’s hard, we say. It’s even harder when we work from home. In our digital world, we often work with people we may never see in person. We only see them in meetings. Rarely one-on-one. Never in the cafeteria or walking the halls.

The point is,?in our disconnected world we need to make appreciation a priority. One solution. The 30 second email. We you see someone who did something good; stop whatever you are doing and write them an email or message them on Slack or Teams or whatever you use.?

Use-AQI

Action

Quality

Impact

Hi ___, I just want to say I appreciate when you did ______(the Action they took).??

It shows your ______ (Quality, skill or attribute).

Because of this we all will get ______ (the Impact of their effort).

Hi Emily, I just want to say I appreciate your engaging presentation last week. You made all our hard work look good.

It shows your commitment to the team.

Because of this we all will get more support from the senior leadership team on this initiative.

Have this structure ready so you don’t have to think about it.

When you build the habit of giving digital recognition you build trust, enhance relationships, and become more influential. Plus, it just feels good.

So leave me a comment and ask for this template and I’ll send it to you. Leave me your questions and I’ll send a short video response.