Acknowledging people’s efforts and encouraging their progress is common sense. Praise helps people feel good about themselves. Those who feel good about themselves produce good results, and people who produce good results feel good about themselves.
Praising can be given not only when you catch someone doing something right, but also when you catch someone doing something approximately right . . . including yourself.” – Ken Blanchard
Source: Howwelead.org, January 10, 2024. Link. Ken Blanchard shares the basics of the One Minute Praising from one of his books:
- Praise someone as soon as possible after you see praiseworthy behavior.
- In very specific terms, tell the person what they did right.
- Relate their good behavior to the broader picture by telling them how it made you feel.
- Now pause briefly to give the person a chance to feel good about what they did.
- Encourage the person to keep up the positive behavior.