Commitment 07:
Appreciation
Committing to appreciation, along with avoiding entitlement, helps leaders and organizations grow value and connection in the workplace.
Appreciation is comprised of two parts: sensitive awareness and an increase of value
From Above the Line
By Me:
I commit to living in appreciation, fully opening to both receiving and giving appreciation.
From below the Line
To Me:
I commit to feeling entitled to “what’s mine” resenting when it’s not acknowledged in the way I want.
Practice It:
If you’d like to enhance appreciation in your organization, try these four ideas:
Idea #1
Place three dimes, heads up, where you can regularly see them. Every day commit to finding three people to appreciate. Whenever you deliver an appreciation (following the keys to mastery: sincere, unarguable, specific, succinct), flip the dime over.
Idea #2
Do thirty days of corporate appreciation practice , which you can find here.