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 * 7 Essentials of Encouraging **

﻿ Identify the behaviors that you want to encourage and reward.
 * 1. ****Set clear standards. **

**2. ****Expect the best. ** By demonstrating that you expect to have opportunities to recognize achievements, you will encourage individuals to achieve.

**3. ****Pay attention. ** Look for opportunities to recognize an individual’s efforts and accomplishments.

**4. ****Personalize recognition. ** Ensure that recognition has meaning for those who are honored.

 **5. ****<span style="color: #2f9d9d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tell the story. ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Anecdotes shape the culture of an organization. Use good practices as the fodder for good stories that can be shared again and again.

**<span style="color: #2f9d9d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">6. ****<span style="color: #2f9d9d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrate together. ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Celebrations should occur in public, not in private.

**<span style="color: #2f9d9d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">7. ****<span style="color: #2f9d9d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Set the example. ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Make recognition part of your job. Don’t delegate it to someone else.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Source: //Encouraging the Heart: A Leader’s Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing// //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Others //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> by James Kouzes and Barry Pozner (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999).