{"id":1264,"date":"2017-09-06T08:16:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T08:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incentivesmart.com\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T13:29:56","slug":"how-important-is-timing-in-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incentivesmart.com\/blog\/how-important-is-timing-in-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"How Important is Timing in Recognition?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know what it feels like to be recognised for achieving.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great to be praised and rewarded for a job well done. But we also know how important it is to be recognised in good time. Leave it a little too long, and we feel ignored, like the work we\u2019ve done has just swept away in the masses, and in worse cases it can lead to a disgruntled work-force.<\/p>\n

So, we know how important it is for us to feel recognised at the right time – but do we put this into practice when we\u2019re the ones at the top of the chain? In a time where the work force is changing, and new starters are so used to instant reward and on demand results in their personal lives, it makes sense that your staff would want the same from their working lives.<\/p>\n

But how can you begin to introduce this behaviour into your current business?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all know what it feels like to be recognised for achieving. 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