How to Commend Employees - 50 Different Ways That Work

How do you say more than "You have done a good job" to your employees?

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• A Commendable Employee
• An Audience
• 5 Seconds
• A Smile

1. The most important step here is to be genuine, and select an appropriate "public place" to make your statement.
2. Public places at work include any of the following:
   
   * Break Room
   * Office Conference Room
   * Open Cubicle Areas
   * etc.
3. You're awesome... Make your announcement in front of "an audience" like the employees co-workers, and other managers. These are "high fives"
4. Way to go... * Address the emplyee by his/her name and say one of the following:
   
   1) You are enthusiastic about your work
   2) You take initiative to resolve the issues
   3) You set example to others by your work ethics
   4) You work in an organized manner
   5) You understand the instructions clearly
   6) You implement the instructions thoroughly
   7) You work diligently
   8) You pay attention to details
   9) You have good functional knowledge
   10) You do the work assigned to you without any follow-up
   11) You deliver on time
   12) You have a positive attitude
   13) You listen to new ideas
   14) You personify “Service with Smile”
   15) You have a “Can-do” approach
   16) You are self-driven
   17) You show commitment to your job
   18) You are always ready to accept additional responsibilities
   19) You accept challenging assignments
   20) You have multi-skill abilities
   21) You do things first-time right and always right
   22) You are quality conscious
   23) You find and use alternate methods
   24) You are resourceful
   25) You avoid excuses
   26) You communicate clearly and precisely
   27) You have good analytical ability
   28) You adapt to different situations quickly
   29) You are proactive
   30) You are polite
   31) You are trustworthy
   32) You delegate appropriately
   33) You show empathy towards your colleagues
   34) You value others’ inputs
   35) You appreciate others problems and concerns
   36) You are a good team player
   37) You have good inter-personal skills
   38) You contribute a lot to the overall success of our department / unit
   39) You have a pleasant personality
   40) You are firm in your beliefs
   41) You show concern for customers’ problems
   42) You understand customer needs
   43) You strive to exceed customer’s expectations
   44) You add value to customers’ processes
   45) You have desire for acquiring more knowledge
   46) You listen with patience
   47) You take feedback positively
   48) Your feedback is valued by others
   49) You always help colleagues in their personal problems
   50) Your attendance record is excellent
5. Your commendation should have a closing comment like:
   
   1) Keep up the good work!
   2) I really appreciate you!
6. Here is an example of adding the comment and the closing comment together:
   
   1) Your feedback is valued by others, I really appreciate you!

Tips & Warnings

• Never reprimand in public. Reprimands must always be done in private.