This Is the Best Way to Praise Employees (Even Though Most Bosses Don't)
From LinkedIn : According to three basic truths, praising people motivates them, praising people encourages them, and praising people inspires them to even greater heights. Impossible to argue with those statements? Maybe not. Depending on the approach you take, praising an employee -- or praising anyone -- can actually have the opposite effect. The difference lies in whether we assume skill is based on innate ability or on hard work and effort. Put another way, are people born with certain talents, or can talent be developed?