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Tools to Grow a Carrot Culture.
Having the right tools is an important part of building a culture of appreciation. But when you also teach people how to best use those tools, be assured they’ll build something that lasts. No one knows the value of training better than delivery giant DHL. Having cultivated near best of class status in many key areas of employee satisfaction, recent surveys indicate DHL has been as successful at not only engaging its employees in achieving the goals of the organization, but also in training its managers to become more relevant to their employees and drive business results from the ground up. A large part of DHL’s communication strategy involves recognition training, and for that DHL turned to O.C. Tanner’s Carrot Culture Group. A specialized group of best-selling authors, speakers and trainers, the Carrot Group helps managers grasp the power of the Carrot, or how to effectively use recognition and praise to create a high performance culture. “Training helps managers understand how recognition benefits them personally—achieving goals, driving results, creating a unified, productive team. That’s what makes recognition an accelerator. It can accelerate individual and company progress toward mutual success,” says Carrots author Adrian Gostick. DHL uses use recognition as a tool to unite employees and move the company forward as one, training senior leadership and employees alike. “When people see the impact recognition is having on other areas of the organization they realize recognition is not another initiative, it is a way of doing business,” says Kelly. “Once managers go through the training, understand how to use the program and the direct benefits that come from it, we usually don’t have a utilization problem. So my job is to get the tools out there and educate people on how to best use them.” + READ MORE |
Key Takeaway
Training your managers to understand the impact and importance of recognition helps them to truly lead employees and achieve important business results.
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