Key points

Employee recognition boosts morale, engagement, and performance, buffers stress, and reduces turnover.

Recognition should go beyond results to also acknowledge effort, work practices, strengths, and the person.

Peer recognition often impacts employee well-being more than supervisor praise does.

Consistent, specific, authentic recognition is more powerful than praise in annual reviews or big events.

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This time of year, many of us pause to reflect on what we’re grateful for—family, friends, health, and the comforts of home. But there’s one group we often overlook: The people we work with every day.

Employees, coworkers, and teams carry the weight of deadlines, decisions, and daily demands. They troubleshoot, inn

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