Want Great Results: Then Start Recognizing The First Steps on The Journey
Gordon Tredgold Globally Ranked Leadership Expert
Global Gurus Top Leadership Expert, Coach and Speaker - "RESULTS BASED LEADERSHIP"
I cannot stress enough the importance of the recognition and the essential role it plays in your journey towards your success.
It's a fact: what gets recognized get repeated So we must recognize and celebrate our successes, especially the earliest ones at the beginning; it helps to motivate and create a positive dynamic.
When I say this in business, people often tell me that I'm wrong because they prefer to wait for big goals to be achieved before celebrating any success.
And if I ask them how many great successes they have celebrated in the past, they scratch their heads and say "not a lot“. That does not surprise me.
I also ask them if they remember how they reacted when their child took the first few steps and fell on the bum. Like everyone - they applauded and cheered on their child.
But why applaud? It's not like your child has broken the 100m world record or run a marathon?
And each time they try to justify themselves by telling me that it was their first steps and that they wanted to encourage them to continue the effort. To keep doing it again and again because that's how we learn to walk, then run, and maybe even run a marathon one day.
This same principle should apply to you and your team.
If you want to encourage people to repeat the effort, then you too should recognize their first steps, their first efforts, their first success.
If you only celebrate the goal once completed, you will probably have to wait for ever.
Self-esteem and recognition are two of our basic needs. By celebrating, we meet those needs and we encourage ourselves to continue.
We must begin by recognizing the effort, then the small success, and by constantly raising the bar of recognition, the performance and great results will follow.
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Learning and Development Lead | Learning Consultant, Training Facilitator, Instructional Designer | CPTM
6 å¹´Yes, we need to celebrate every small success and I have seen its importance. A lot of people don't understand this and like you said they really wait for the big success or the world record, very true words. I wish they read this article... Thanks for this article Gordon!
Servant Leader â—† Coach â—† Educator â—† Veteran Soldier for Life
6 年I couldn’t agree more - we must positively recognize excellence even while in progress!
Director Projects & Operation at SysLync Consulting / Solution Architect at Computer Research (Pvt) Ltd.
6 å¹´Really the recognition on the first step is basically clue of success ...... Thanks for article