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1. WAYS
Thanks Motivates Employees
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2. Why is praise and recognition —
receiving thanks — so motivating?
Here’s what we learned from the new
book The Power of Thanks:

3. 1
Thanks
identify the right behaviors.

4. Nice work!
Managers identify the right
behaviors in advance and
as they happen.

5. The right actions should be
appreciated — because it’s
rewarding to receive thanks, and
because it might happen again!

6. 2
Thanks
are feedback.

7. Thanks tell employees they’re on
the right track.
Great job on the
project, today!
NEW MESSAGE
FROM MANAGER:

8. Thanks for effort, quickly expressed,
reassures employees that they’re
doing the right things.

9. 3
Thanks
break through social
and emotional barriers.

10. Sincerely expressed thanks break
through the social barriers that
naturally arise in organizations.

11. When those barriers fall, emotions
like loyalty, trust, and dedication
flow more freely.

12. 4
Thanks
create trust and social bonds.

13. Thanks create social bonds
between giver and receiver.

14. 5
Thanks
feel good.

15. Feeling good is a benefit of
appreciation and has strategic value
if it reinforces the right behaviors.

16. Are you thanking and motivating
YOUR employees?

17. Adapted from The Power of Thanks,
by Eric Mosley and Derek Irvine,
McGraw Hill 2015.
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THE
OF
HOW SOCIAL RECOGNITION EMPOWERS EMPLOYEES
AND CREATES A BEST PLACE TO WORK
ERIC MOSELY
CEO OF GLOBOFORCE
DEREK IRVINE
VP OF CLIENT STRATEGY CONSULTING, GLOBOFORCE
POWER
THANKS