Importance of Employee Recognition

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Based in Connecticut, John Flavin leverages more than 25 years of business consulting experience toward his role as Workhuman’s global account director. Serving clients in the Connecticut area and the Northeastern US, John Flavin concentrates on all aspects of the work environment, including workplace culture and employee recognition.

Employee recognition is an acknowledgement of a person or a team’s exemplary behavior, effort, and performance in achieving an organization’s goals and values. A workplace that respects, values, and recognizes its employees cultivates increased productivity and improved employee retention and creates an environment for self-improvement and motivation.

A workplace atmosphere that promotes positive reinforcement, embraces constructive feedback, and acknowledges people for a job well done encourages and makes employees happier. As a result, they become more productive and are more willing to collaborate on projects. When a company provides incentive programs and rewards employees for their accomplishments through raises and bonuses, they tend to stay longer, as they are more motivated to perform.

A workplace that promotes employee recognition fosters self-improvement. It opens opportunities for employees to learn, improve, master their work, and to go beyond their basic tasks. Employees are motivated to do better when they receive small gestures of recognition such as a sincere thank you. These simple gestures, which are often overlooked, are effective morale boosters for employees.