- Good leaders always acknowledge the achievements of others on the high
side rather than on the cheap. I suggest using the good china, cloth napkins, and real (not plastic) flatware. - Provide appropriate amounts and types of food and little, if any, alcohol.
Don’t go down the potluck or BYO path. - Use appropriate, accurate, non-effusive public proclamations and pageantry.
- Don’t make recipient(s) or attendees uncomfortable with your jokes or
over-familiarity. - Don’t force recipients to speak or respond, but if they do speak, give them
a prearranged, specific time limit. - If you give gifts, explain the protocol for opening them—immediately
or later. - Be punctual, provide sufficient time (not too much or too little), and
never before or immediately after a holiday. - Bad leaders use the opportunity to talk about themselves and new initiatives they want to launch. Don’t do as they do.
- Vary the venue and format.
- Don’t become event predictable.
- Make every public and private occasion genuine, authentic, and one-of-a-kind.
- Don’t overdo it or under do it.
- Be careful of an open microphone or opportunities for others to vent
their feelings and praise of a recipient. These occasions can get out of
hand and negatively affect the purpose and spirit of the event. - If more than one person is providing public acknowledgment, coordinate
comments of the speakers and give them a time limit for their comments. - Never use the occasion for veiled threats or criticizing others who have
not achieved or who are not being formally acknowledged. When you do
this, you create a high degree of angst, change the spirit of the occasion,
cause attendees to exit prematurely, and expose your real agenda. - Without doubt, you have already seen or will encounter a leader who
cannot acknowledge or share in the achievements of others. This must
not be said of you.
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