How Appreciation Preferences Across Age Groups Should Shape Your Recognition Strategies

How appreciation preferences across age groups should shape your recognition strategies 

All workers want to be recognized, appreciated and rewarded–differently. New research reveals how to approach each age group in meaningful ways.

Dr. Paul WhiteIf you approach communicating appreciation and recognition to employees the same, regardless of their age group, you are at high risk for missing the mark – including wasting your time, energy and the organization’s money.Recent research featuring insights from more than 190,000 employees found that how they prefer to be shown appreciation varies significantly, especially for employees in the youngest and oldest age groups.Utilizing the five languages of appreciation model, we found that while the pattern of preferred appreciation languages generally carries across age groups, a shift is occurring.  Historically over the past 10 years, appreciation communicated verbally has been desired by most employees (46%), with quality time second highest (26%), followed by acts of service (21%), gifts (6%) and appropriate physical touch (1%).  But when comparing employees across age groups, we observed changes in preferences.[FREE WEBINAR: How to Run an Effective Internal Comms Audit in 7 Easy Steps]Continue reading here...

Paul Kontonis

Paul is a strategic marketing executive and brand builder that navigates businesses through the ever changing marketing landscape to reach revenue and company M&A targets with 25 years experience. As CMO of Revry, the LGBTQ-first media company, he is a trusted advisor and recognized industry leader who combines his multi-industry experiences in digital media and marketing with proven marketing methodologies that can be transferred to new battles across any industry.

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