Want a happier, more productive work environment? Focus on recognizing what your employees and you do right.

If you want a happier, more productive work environment that motivates and keeps employees, focus on recognizing what they and — just as important — you do right. While we see ranking of the factors that drive performance shifting with each study over time, recognition holds its own as a powerful motivator at all levels of the organization.

A survey in the late ‘90s of thousands of workers across the United States compared supervisor and employee rankings on factors that motivate employees. The … Read the rest