Employee Management: Recognition

Everyone enjoys recognition! It can be simple, but as long as it is sincere, people will remember!

A company I used to work for had a program called "I was caught doing something right." Any facility, regional, or corporate employee could give a button with this phrase on it when they found someone doing something well.

I happened to give a button to a young dietary aide in a facility where I was consulting. I don't remember now what he did, but I gave him a button. A couple years later, I happened to be in the same facility. This young man in the kitchen runs up to me and said, "I remember you! You gave me this button!"

Not only did he still remember, he still had the button!

Never underestimate the importance of recognition!