{"id":1894,"date":"2018-06-25T23:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T23:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/power-of-praise-on-team-productivity\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:33:30","slug":"power-of-praise-on-team-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preprod.realtrends.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/power-of-praise-on-team-productivity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unmistakable Correlation Between Retention and Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us have heard the following expression on numerous occasions:  <\/span>Nobody cares how much you know until they first know how much you care.<\/p>\n

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You may think that this is an odd subject to discuss when it comes to the topic of teams and yet, as a coach to many, many top teams I can share with you that a lack of praise and appreciation for their members have caused many team leaders to lose outstanding talent<\/a>.  <\/span>In fact, some team leaders are so harsh and brittle that they have their team members scrambling to please them, stressed out and burnt out, and the turnover of staff and agents on the team is like a parade of candidates coming in the front door and leaving quickly out the back.  <\/span>The team leaders who do not embrace the concept of praising their teams<\/a> are often themselves burnt out since they are consumed with hiring and training new talent as they can\u2019t keep the talent they have.<\/p>\n

\"Retention<\/p>\n

One team leader I spoke to today said, \u201cThey are the wind beneath my wings and I would not be the dominant market presence I am without them,\u201d and he said he tells them this every day.<\/p>\n

I read once a quote that has stuck with me, \u201cInnovation does not occur in a dictatorship.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Whether you are a team leader<\/a>, manager, or broker remember the power of praise and collaboration.  <\/span>People will often do more for recognition than they will do for money.<\/p>\n

When Walt Disney was expanding Disneyland he would often pull a janitor, a ticket taker, and the girl in the snow white costume into a conference room and ask them for their opinion on a new attraction he had on the drawing board.  <\/span>He would, in essence, attempt to extract someone from all positions in the park.<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s employees loved him; they felt valued and retention of staff was outstanding.<\/p>\n

When each team member feels valuable they are more likely to contribute at a higher level to team production and more likely to go the extra mile for their customers.  <\/span>Why?  <\/span>Because they feel part of something special because they are proud of their team and the service it provides.<\/p>\n

There is a quote I often hear, perhaps you too are familiar with it.  <\/span>\u201cIt is amazing what people can accomplish when no one cares who gets the credit.\u201d  <\/span>With all due respect to the original author of this quote, my thinking has always been along the lines of, \u201cIt\u2019s amazing how much can be accomplished when we give people proper credit for what they individually achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Retention<\/p>\n

People crave individual praise, not group or company praise.  <\/span>Without question, there is an unmistakable correlation between retention and praise!<\/p>\n

Tips for team leaders on how to praise your team members:<\/h3>\n