Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
There are two things people want more than sex and money - recognition and praise.
Research indicates that workers have three prime needs: Interesting work, recognition for doing a good job, and being let in on things that are going on in the company.
Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
When someone comes along who genuinely thanks us, we will follow that person a very long way.
There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow...It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.
No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.
The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.
The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
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