1. Go around and say thank you for the work that is routine and rarely praised 2. Deliver a handwritten note of appreciation for who someone is, not what they do 3. Grab someone’s favorite coffee or sonic drink on your way back from lunch 4. Email out a first come, first serve offer to help someone with any task of their choosing for 30 minutes 5. Take a 20 minute walk with your most stressed and overworked team member 6. Find a recent email or doc sent to a client by a team member that was especially good, mark up what you liked and email it to the rest of team as an example of great work 7. Share with someone how you’ve seen them grow in a particular area over six months or more 8. Circulate a recent story of a client significantly impacted by a team member…
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