Senior Management: Showing your team appreciation
Working in Senior Management within IT and Tech, it is important to understand the value of feedback. Your employees will want a chance to work on getting things done right. If you want great team morale, constructive feedback is the foundation of this.
However, we understand it can be hard to maintain. As a senior manager, you might grow so accustomed to how people work that you think feedback does not need to be consistent. Wrong!
Here are some simple ways you can show appreciation to your team.
A simple thank you goes a long way
A simple term that says so much, so don’t take it for granted. From thanking a team member for their part in a project or giving real recognition for all to see, it will make a difference to your employees.
Maintaining appreciation as a senior manager
If someone on your team does an amazing job, then you should of course show your appreciation. What happens if they are consistently going above and beyond? You should not become complacent. Every single achievement should be recognised to boost staff morale. If an employee is performing well all the time, surely you want to keep them on board? Employees will be looking to senior management for recognition…make sure you show it!
Understanding each individual
Within senior management, knowing each employees strengths and areas of improvement is a huge part of the role. So, it’s important to create a strategy which helps you identify where employees are struggling personally.
Organise regular individual chats and ask two simple questions: what are they proud of and what do they want to make better? It will encourage a culture of honesty that your team will really appreciate.
Allow the team to show share their appreciation and feedback
As a senior manager, you might not get to notice every single achievement. However, your team might! Someone might feel that a colleague went out of their way to help them with something or admired how they tackled an issue. Encourage the team to share these successes – be it a forum to share these stories or a employee of the week voted by the team. It means you are still cultivating an environment of appreciation, even if you can’t always show it yourself.
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