Praise and Forgive Your Employees

Praise is key to motivation.

1. Always praise good work. If you don’t give feedback, it’s hard to tell if someone did good or not. The acknowledgement encourages repeating that behavior.
2. Avoid being too negative. Constructive feedback is important, but you don’t want that negative emotion being a defining feeling towards your relationship with your coworker.
3. Show trust and earn trust in return. By forgiving mistakes and trusting people to do better, they are more likely to return that trust in your own leadership.