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The company I'm with now uses something called 15five.com, every two weeks we have to "checkin" which involves answering a set of boiler-plate questions: * How
by stevekemp 5y ago
The company I'm with now uses something called 15five.com, every two weeks we have to "checkin" which involves answering a set of boiler-plate questions:
* How do you feel? (1-5)
* What are you struggling with?
etc. One of the (required) inputs is a space where you enter a colleague's name to publicly praise them.
As praising somebody is mandatory it feels a bit meaningless, but still "Thanks to @BobSmith for being great to work with" probably makes Bob feel a bit happier for a while when this gets highlighted to them.
- axg11 5y agoAny strategies for how to make the praise more meaningful? Is it more meaningful if it comes directly from leadership?
- stevekemp 5y agoI think the fact that you must "praise" a colleague once every two weeks makes the whole thing pointless and fake. Other people might disagree. I like to praise people directly, when they've done something clever, good, or difficult. I'm happy to say to higher-ups "[My colleage] David did an awesome job on this recent project". But writing that for the whole company to see just seems .. weird.