Will repeated praise help you love your job? Actual experience and the culture of praise
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Hello!
I'm Inoue, the Persian cat at Beyond Shikoku office.
I participated in the 2nd Next Generation Leadership Development Training Seminar!
Let me ask you this: Do you like your job? And
for those of you in management positions, are there any employees in your company or department whose motivation has clearly declined?
Honestly, when I first joined the company, I dreaded going to work every day.
But now, I can say that I like my job.
Why is that...?
What does it take for employees to love their jobs?
Imagine the vision you want to achieve
I believe that having goals, visualizing yourself achieving them, and working towards them brings a sense of fulfillment to your work.
I think that "fulfillment" doesn't come from the content of the work itself, but from your own mindset.
A goal is to identify what you're not currently able to do, what you haven't yet achieved, and then take action to accomplish it.
When setting goals, you need to derive the following three things.
Think about the causes using a DISCIA tool and analyze them using a logic tree.
- Problems (current issues)
- Cause (why the problem is occurring)
- Countermeasures (think of measures to solve the problem)
To achieve your goals, it's crucial to
consider what measures you'll take. Furthermore, you don't have to strive alone to reach your ideal self.
It's important to rely on your superiors, seniors, and sometimes even your juniors and colleagues.
My current goal, broadly speaking, is
"to nurture and support people."
Why did "nurturing and supporting people" become my goal?
Because from August I was assigned to mentor new graduates, and from September I was put in charge of on-the-job training (OJT) for new employees.
My main problemis my limited IT skills.
Also, I have many shortcomings as a working professional.
because, as a mid-career hire and a founding member of the Shikoku office, I've never had a mentor or OJT, and I
can't really imagine how to perform these tasks.
My countermeasuresinclude increasing my IT skill input, obtaining certifications to deepen my knowledge,
and diligently working to build good relationships.
What are the characteristics of a company where many people love their work?
What kind of company do you think has many employees who love their work?
After attending a training session, I wholeheartedly agreed that the defining characteristic of a company with many employees who love their work is, quite simply, a company with a "culture of mutual praise."
Doing work ⇒ receiving praise –
this cycle naturally makes us love our work.
about the importance of praisea previous blog post, "Praise Activities,"so please do read it.
During the training, they emphasized the following points regarding praise:
■Points to praise
- Praise them immediately when they do something good
- Praise the person (and their actions and efforts)
- Praise specific actions (praise what they did well)
- Praise them even when they fail (communicate expectations for the future)
- Praise the way you do things (praise the process)
- Praise repeatedly
I can relate to that.
Back when I still hated my job, a senior colleague praised me,
, "I don't even know how you manage to get so much work done during working hours; you're working so hard
.
That one sentence saved me, or rather, it allowed me to break out of the shell that prevented me from liking my job.
It's strange, isn't it?
I had been struggling for months with not liking my job, but just one person's words saved me.
I think it also had a big influence because I had a lot of respect for that senior colleague and they were someone I aspired to be like.
Japanese people are somehow not good at either giving or receiving praise. This
is because Japan has a culture of "humility."
But try praising your colleagues at work, even if it's just with simple words. You
'll surely feel a surge of energy from it.
The act of "praising" doesn't just make the "person who is praised" happy.
The "person who gives the praise" can also become happy.
I believe that people who can "praise" others are people who can find the "good points" in others, and such people shine.
People who know many "good points" in others are people who can make others happy and be happy themselves.
The culture of praise practiced at Beyond
At our company, we have a daily midday meeting.
During the meeting, the person in charge of the meeting gives a short talk on a predetermined topic for the day.
On odd-numbered Fridays,"This Week's Best ○○,"and on even-numbered Fridays,"Someone I'd Like to Thank Recently."the topic is
This is how we practice employees praising each other.
In fact, these short talks during the midday meeting create a warm and friendly atmosphere, and everyone applauds.
Another thing I practice every day is the overuse of "thank yous." (laughs) There are some tasks that
someone has to do for work, but it doesn't really matter who does them, right?
Even for those small things, when I notice that someone has done it first, I always say "thank you."
Conversely, when someone says "thank you" to me for such tasks, I return the favor with a "thank you." I return the "
" with feelings like, "Thank you for noticing what I did,
" and "Thank you for saying
thank
It's a small thing, but there are actually a lot of people who can't do these small things.
People who can say "thank you" are the people who receive lots of "thank yous.
" "Thank you" is a magic word that doesn't make anyone feel bad, and I think it's the easiest compliment to use.
Following the Second Next-Generation Leadership Training
coming up with your own catchphrase!There was talk about
What's your selling point?
Having a catchphrase that can describe you in one word makes you better at selling yourself.
Hmm... what would my catchphrase be...?
Maybe "Just a communication monster"? (laughs) It might be
a good idea to not only come up with a catchphrase yourself, but also ask the people around you how they see you. You
might see yourself from a different angle.
I'll also get a catchphrase and do my best to live up to the image it represents!
Growing every day, moving forward every day.
I must update myself every single day!!!
Thank you for reading to the end.
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