Global Gateway Praise in the wrokplace by Emma V. Being praised for your job is the best way to keep you productive and inspired. The fact is, nobody is immune to a good dosage of praise. Praise and compliments make the working day brighter, cheerier and less stressful.
Praise gives meaning to otherwise meaningless tasks.
It consolidates direction, thought, action and emotion. In short, praise is free, but we treat it like a commodity. They feel as though it shows them up as lesser, or merely weaker, especially when it is a high corporate and male dominated environment. Indeed it is this macho type of thinking that needs to be addressed, and changed. When we get into such rhythms of behaviour and communication it can be very difficult to break them.