Learn to Affirm

A helpful post from Rick Warren on how to affirm the people you work with:

Make affirmation real. Your affirmation has to come from the heart to be effective. Your people can smell it a mile away when you’re faking it.

Make affirmation regular. Don’t be stingy with your affirmation. This isn’t something you do every now and then. It’s something you do as a consistent part of your relationship with those you lead.

Make affirmation recognizable. Be specific with your affirmation. Don’t just tell someone they’re a good person. Tell them why. Tell them a character trait you appreciate in them. Affirm them for something you saw them do that you liked.

Make affirmation written. A written note means you’ve taken the time to affirm. I used to send most of my encouraging notes through email, but one sentence in a handwritten note is better than three paragraphs in an email.

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