The hardest sentence to write in this one was near the end: the ratio applies to me. I have been the leader with forty minutes for the deck and four vague sentences for the person. The default drifts that way quietly, which is exactly why it has to be corrected deliberately.
The five words I mention, "That. Do more of that.", cost nothing and I have watched them redirect careers. Not because they are clever, but because your best people are usually guessing about which of their behaviors actually makes the difference.
So a question for this thread, and I would genuinely like the answers: what is the most specific piece of praise you have ever received? Not the warmest. The most specific. And do you still remember exactly what it named?
The hardest sentence to write in this one was near the end: the ratio applies to me. I have been the leader with forty minutes for the deck and four vague sentences for the person. The default drifts that way quietly, which is exactly why it has to be corrected deliberately.
The five words I mention, "That. Do more of that.", cost nothing and I have watched them redirect careers. Not because they are clever, but because your best people are usually guessing about which of their behaviors actually makes the difference.
So a question for this thread, and I would genuinely like the answers: what is the most specific piece of praise you have ever received? Not the warmest. The most specific. And do you still remember exactly what it named?