How to Give Praise

Is your first reaction to something to criticize? Are you ever ready to pull down other people's tower of cards, to lop the tall poppies? Does criticizing sum up your personality? If you answered yes to these questions, or even to one of...
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What better pick-me-up is there than praise for your hard work? Praise can turn a bad day around. It can remind you that although you're stressed and buried in piles of work, you're doing a good job. That's why team members, regardless of their positions, shouldn't hesitate to praise each other.
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Editor's note: We previously covered how to give criticism like a man. But it's equally to know how to render effective praise. So today Tom Cox is going to g
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Give praise that means something to people.

I’ve spent most of my professional life in organizations that are staffed with and run by talented people who do great work. Similarly, as a classroom teacher, I can’t help but be impressed by what students achieve. In both types of settings, I’ve learned a lot about how to give praise so that it reinforces […]

The Esquire guy gives a nod to the power of praise in the workplace -- and makes it clear there are lessons to be learned in both giving and receiving the proverbial pat on the back
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