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Appreciation Increases Satisfaction

March 23, 2016 by Wilma Jones

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Appreciation Increases Satisfaction

Everyone wants to feel like their contributions are appreciated. I know I do. And an employee recognition survey confirmed it. People are who feel appreciated are 85% more satisfied in their job.

Interestingly, feeling appreciation from colleagues at your level and not just from your management makes a big difference in your satisfaction. Maybe it’s because a compliment from someone at your level who understands all the requirements for actually getting the work accomplished somehow means more to us.

Even though it’s your relationship with your immediate boss who influences your job happiness most, it seems it’s your peers who can greatly affect your job satisfaction. To increase your team’s happiness and satisfaction on the job, you should try these tips:

#1. Your comments of appreciation must be genuine. Phoniness won’t work.

#2. Find out what kind of appreciation is important to your employees. Everything doesn’t work for everybody.

#3. Encourage employees to show appreciation for one another.

#4. Start at the top with leadership showing appreciation for the staff.

These four suggestions are a good start to ensuring the hard work and dedication is not taken for granted. People need to feel gratitude when they’re working hard to get a job done. Showing appreciation for a job well done pays off in many ways for the organization and the employee.

Do you have any other tips about appreciation at work?

Filed Under: Gratitude Tagged With: Appreciation, gratitude, Happiness at Work, Job satisfaction

Living Happier @ Work

Living Happier @ Work is all about impacting positive change at work at both the organization and individual levels. Working with organizations to improve interactions and team flow. Implementing 21st century work etiquette that increases productivity and promotes teamwork.

At the individual level research-proven strategies are engagingly presented to employees in keynotes, seminars and workshops. Ongoing content is shared to help implement these powerful, but simple changes to increase happiness from both a professional and personal perspective.

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