That was a really fine job. We can always depend on you. Sometimes it makes sense to let the employee know which part of the job you really liked. I really appreciated the way you dealt with that crabby customer. I appreciate all the effort that you made to meet the deadline.
Some supervisors are really fun to watch in operation.
There are some who are very skillful in creating a pleasant working atmosphere and one of the things they do is manage to find a way to praise all of their employees. Or that it s really nice to know that they can always count on so and so. Some will protest that they should not have to praise employees. Well, it may be true that there isn t anything about praise in the union contract, or work agreement, but if you learn to use praise skillfully, you ll get more performance for your dollar.