Motivate with recognition

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- Celebrate your team! -

As well as emotional intelligence, our Building Better Manager report also highlighted motivating people as another important aspect of manager capabilities.


You may think that the top motivator in the workplace is money, but providing non-monetary social recognition to employees has also been proven to increase sales and customer satisfaction in businesses!


We've curated some of our resources below that explore recognition and motivation further.

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Get the Recognition You Deserve

Boasting of your own accomplishments can feel awkward. In this article we'll show you how to get the recognition you deserve without looking like you're seeking attention. Believe it or not, there is a way to do this.

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What Is Motivation Infographic

View our infographic to learn more about what motivation is, the benefits of a motivated team and some top tips to increase that motivation. We've also listed the top motivation drivers - where do you think recognition ranks?

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Giving Praise

Many people don't give enough praise in the workplace. But, almost everyone – including team members, colleagues, customers, suppliers, and your boss – loves to get sincere recognition for a job well done. In this article, we'll look at how you can best give this recognition.

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For even more ways to build motivation in your teams, our Better Manager Skill Bites has a short course on Recognition where you'll learn tools for recognizing needs and prioritizing wellbeing, connecting individual contributions to the big picture, and noticing and rewarding positive behaviors.


Remember, non-members, can only view 2 of the articles above, and won't be able to use our member-exclusive Skill Bites and podcast, so subscribe to Mind Tools today for unlimited access!

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For even more ways to build motivation in your teams, our Better Manager Skill Bites has a short course on Recognition where you'll learn tools for recognizing needs and prioritizing wellbeing, connecting individual contributions to the big picture, and noticing and rewarding positive behaviors.

Skill Bites are exclusive to Mind Tools members.

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