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"All Good Things" Appreciation

'All Good Things' Appreciation

Here is an example of one peer recognition campaign communication:

Hello Colleagues!

Do we take each other for granted? Are we missing important opportunities to notice and appreciate what we do for each other or the things that impress us about each other?

As part of our recognition activities this month, we are asking each of you to make a special effort to give your colleagues some recognition feedback. To facilitate this peer appreciation, we offer the following process:

  1. Read the attached "All Good Things" story to help set the tone.
  2. Make a list of colleagues you want to give appreciation feedback to, especially those in your immediate area or those you come into regular contact with. Feel free to list anyone in the department that you want to give feedback to.
  3. Next to each name on your list, write at least one thing that you appreciate about that colleague. It could be something about the work s/he does, the way s/he treats people, the way s/he has handled some personal challenge, etc. The key is to be sincere and specific.
  4. By [date], give your list to [coordinators]. To help with the organization process, we prefer that you send it to one of us electronically or put it on a disk, but we’ll accept your list on paper, too.
  5. [Coordinators] will coordinate the process for compiling all the feedback for each individual. Sometime during the week of [date] each colleague will get a sheet containing all the comments received on herself/himself. The comments will be anonymous, unless the person who submits the comments indicates a desire to be identified.

The "All Good Things" story reminds us how much getting appreciation feedback can mean, especially when it is put in some tangible form that we can keep referring to. Hopefully, the above process will encourage and support you giving such feedback. But, if you prefer to give your feedback directly to the person, that’s great too. What matters is that you recognize the opportunity and do it, before that opportunity is gone.

Sincerely,

[Coordinators]