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10 Ways to Praise and Recognize Teams

 February 14, 2006

1. "Have a manager pop in at a special project team's first meeting to express appreciation for the members' involvement.
2. Open the floor for team members to praise anyone at the beginning or end of a meeting.
3. When a group member presents an idea or suggestion, encourage other team members to thank the person for his or her contribution.
4. Create symbols of a team's work, such as T-shirts or coffee cups with a team or company motto or logo printed on them.
5. Hold a 'praise barrage,' where team members write down and share things they like about another member of the team.
6. Assign one member of the team the job of creating and presenting an award for another member of the team.
7. Alternate the responsibility for team recognition among different team members each week or at each meeting.
8. Host a refreshments gathering, a potluck, or a special breakfast or lunch to celebrate interim or final results.
9. Ask an upper manager to attend a 'bragging session' with the team, during which the group shares its achievements, and team members are thanked for their specific contributions.
10. Write letters to every team member at the conclusion of a project thanking them for their contribution, and include a copy in their personnel file (Nelson & Spitzer, 2002, p. 93)."

Reference:  Nelson, B. & Spitzer, D. (2003) The 1001 rewards & recognition field book.  New York: Workman Publishing.

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Created: 2008-04-01, Updated: 2009-04-10