Today’s Metro newspaper reports
“Many managers underestimate the power of a pat on the back, new research suggests. While supervisors surveyed rated job promotions and cash as the two most valued forms of recognition to administrative professionals, support staff favoured a simple thank-you and having their acomplishments passed on to senior management.
Top five forms of recognition (managers’ responses)
- Promotion;
- Cash;
- Paid time off;
- Boss shares achievement;
- In-person thank-you.
Top five forms of recognition (staff responses)
- In-person thank-you;
- Boss hares achievement (tied for first):
- Promotion;
- Membership to a professional association;
- Registration for a conference or seminar.
I wonder how many pastors and church leaders forget the impact of “gratitude.” The power of life and death is in the tongue (Proverbs 18:21). Lord teach me to be thankful and to express my gratitude more often. As Jesus said about the 10 lepers, “Were there not 10 cleansed??????? But where are the nine?”
