Are you a praise giver or taker? How you respond may offer a clue into your level of happiness at work. Happiness researcher Shawn Achor has made a name for himself studying the many facets of ...

Praise isn’t soft—it’s strategic. Here’s how thoughtful, well-timed recognition builds trust, engagement, and stronger ...

We’ve all worked for bosses that were quick to criticize and slow to praise. It doesn’t feel good. On the other side, working for bosses that give out praise like candy doesn’t feel good ...

When we think about feedback to employees, supervisors, or even administration, we generally worry most about giving negative feedback. Often we ask how to do it, and especially how to do it well.

He was flattered, very flattered. His face said it all as he beamed a huge smile, as I handed out the fake compliment. And I swear he looked like he grew and inch taller as he puffed out his chest and ...

A vice president of an investment bank (let’s call her Valerie) admitted that she never told people when they had done something well. Her reason? “That is what they’re paid for,” she explained. If ...

I just finished a very engaging book, Richard Stengel’s You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flattery. I wish I’d had this book as a resource when I was writing my first book, Power Money Fame Sex.

We assume that when we're giving criticism that we don't want to attack a person on an individual level, but 99u points out that you want to take a similar approach when you're giving positive ...

Gold-star junkie that I am, I was once grumbling to my mother about the fact that some extraordinarily praiseworthy effort on my part had gone unremarked. My mother wisely responded, "Most people ...

Motivation can improve engagement, productivity and customer service. We often think of employee recognition as a nice-to-have rather than a have-to-have. But research by HR consultancy Bersin ...

After the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris nearly burned down in April, the French luxury-goods magnate François-Henri Pinault was celebrated for committing €100 million to reconstruct what he called ...

Gold-star junkie that I am, I was once grumbling to my mother about the fact that some extraordinarily praiseworthy effort on my part had gone unremarked. My mother wisely responded, "Most people ...