The “Common Cause” for Employee Recognition
Ross Paterson, a good friend of mine, recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan. Ross is a business coach and travels there to do development work with budding business people and entrepreneurs. Ross posted this excerpt during a recent trip of his:
“Universally we all have the same human foundation. Each of us is shaped slightly by our environment and culture, but we are more alike than different. I experienced it in the business workshops, as the Afghan personalities sorted out just like they did with a group of 30 Texans in March. I experienced it as I heard fathers and grandfathers share dreams of education, peace, and prosperity for their children. I experienced it as I sat with American military leaders who desperately want to make a difference for their sacrifice, while longing for home at the same time.”
If you’re reading this blog, some of your work involves employee engagement, employee retention or the work of developing and operating employee recognition and reward systems. Ross’ words, particularly the phrase, “we are more alike than different”, resonated with me in that, our work is very much about helping companies find and express the pieces of their DNA that can become the “common cause” for employees.
Where can your company find the place where your employees can be “more alike than different”? What would happen to your organization if you began to tease out the common behaviors that, when performed, would allow all employees an opportunity to be celebrated for their respective contributions?
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