Posted on April 19th, 2010
I was working with a group of managers and employees in a client organization the other day and the focus of our discussion was sharing the “highlights” of the week. Each participant took their turn and shared the observations, experiences and accomplishments in their week that were “good”.
The time that we spent in review and recognizing the positive outcomes produced a lot of gratitude and appreciation for each other and what was created together.
Along with the appreciation came energy and motivation to keep going in their improvement efforts.
In our work at Madd-Steiny with organizational culture development we have seen the significant impact of celebrating positive outcomes to increase employee engagement and motivation for continuous improvement.
Here is a tool that you can use with your team to recognize and celebrate positive outcomes. It’s called the After Action Review and involves discussion around three questions.
1. What have we accomplished over the last 6 months?
2. Why do you think we were able to accomplish these things?
3. What can we learn from our review to take forward into the next 6 months?
Respectfully yours,
Georgine
