How do you appreciate and recognize your staff?

CSN presented a session this week on recognition and appreciation practices for managers. We discussed some strategies and methods of recognizing staff, above and beyond their paycheck. Some topics covered: • Intrinsic motivation – autonomy, mastery, and purpose • Flexible schedules and work/life balance • Happiness at work contributing to performance, fulfillment, and success • How environments with strong recognition programs are twice as likely to produce effective workers as places with weak efforts • Access to professional development is crucial for employees (and easy at the UW) • Involving staff with important decisions / recruitments / etc. is great for buy-in to the mission • Cookouts and community building events are also important to connect with staff What ways do you show appreciation for the work in your department?