Employee Appreciation

We all know the warmth we feel when someone recognizes our good work. It motivates us to do more and thus boosts our productivity. As an employer, when you show appreciation, your workers feel good, making them work harder to achieve organizational goals. We must see the importance of employee appreciation and how to show it. 

Here’s why you should show your employees appreciation after all -   Employees are Your Greatest Asset:

Strong Family Culture

When you express gratitude and appreciation towards workers, it positively impacts team dynamics and communication. Employee appreciation nurtures a company culture of motivation and empathy. 

Employee Morale

Keeping high levels of employee morale is your ultimate goal for a sprightful and active team.  Showing gratitude can elevate employee morale and happiness, and you’ll not see dull faces at work. 

Positive Work Environment

A company that nurtures thankfulness and kindness with its employees, will always nourish a simple happy environment. 

Employee Engagement

Employee appreciation increases employee engagement, which establishes a good relationship between employees and the organization. 

When employees feel appreciated and recognized for their individual contributions, they will be more connected to their work, their team, and your company. 

Positive Business Impacts of Employee Appreciation:

Job Satisfaction

The main reason employees leave a job is due to feeling unappreciated. Celebrate employee accomplishments and progress throughout the employee cycle to demonstrate your investment in their career growth and success. Regular, frequent recognition shows you want to help keep them motivated to hit future milestones. With proper processes and systems in place, there is increased communication throughout the organization, decreased wasted time and duplication, creating better morale throughout the company. 

Strong Business Outcome

Recognizing your employees in frequent performance conversations helps solidify the importance of employee recognition in your company culture. When employees understand how their contributions impact the business they'll be more likely to contribute again. This in turn boosts your company’s performance. 

Top Candidate Attraction

If your company is hiring, recognition might just be the key to attracting top talent. Employees who feel appreciated at your organization tend to talk about the great work environment to their peers and friends. When a position is available the best of the best would want to be considered for the job mainly based on the feedback they have heard from your employees. 

Improved Customer Satisfaction

When employees feel appreciated, they tend to treat customers with more respect and kindness as a way to uphold the organization's values. A happy employee is a very hardworking employee. “41% of companies that incorporate peer-to-peer recognition have seen a positive increase in customer satisfaction.” (Source-SHRM) 

A great CRM that employees have access to with excellent information from all areas of the business helps in communication within the organization and with the customer, which of course increases not only employee morale but also customer experience.

Improved Customer Satisfaction

When employees feel appreciated, they tend to treat customers with more respect and kindness as a way to uphold the organization's values. A happy employee is a very hardworking employee. “41% of companies that incorporate peer-to-peer recognition have seen a positive increase in customer satisfaction.” (Source-SHRM)

Above and Beyond Work Ethics

Employees who feel valued and appreciated at the workplace would not hesitate to cover the extra mile for the organization. ” 69% of workers agreed they would work harder if their efforts are better appreciated.” (Source: Socialcast)

Showing your employees that you appreciate them is one way to improve engagement, retention and productivity.

How to show your employees appreciation all through the year:

Say " thank you" for a job well done

The best way to show your employees that they're appreciated is by saying thank you. Saying thank you for a job well done or for simply following instructions goes a long way. With proper systems in place the work is done for you. A payroll system can automatically pop up with a birthday coming.

Give gifts for birthdays, holidays, and for no reason at all.

You would be surprised at how quickly offering a thoughtful gift can turn someone's day around, while simultaneously improving retention rates. Whether it be with small things like branded pens, or bigger gifts such as gift cards from local restaurants.

Praise and Recognition

When you want to show your appreciation for an employee's hard work, it can be as simple as thanking them or giving out an award. This will make your employees feel appreciated and valued.

Celebrate Success Together

Recognition could come in the form of pizza for lunch and team dinners at local restaurants where employees get together over food to celebrate their accomplishments! It will create a positive company culture while also allowing employees time to build relationships outside of work.

These suggestions should not take extra time, the proper system will give the information required to recognize employee excellence.