Yesterday was the last day of one of my colleague working in our company. All the staff basically had a great lunch in an Indonesian Restaurant... grilled chicken with vege plus iced lemon tea.
Of course that is not the point!
After all of our stomachs are filled, we shared on how each of us felt working with this lovely and capable lady. Finally all the good words are shared and all the compliments started pouring out from our hearts. Collectively, we mentioned that this lady is extremely patient in handling difficult tasks and great at multi-tasking, very kind-hearted and did all of her jobs with a great big smile!
I am pretty sure all of us will miss her presence.
On the other hand, I felt another sad part of this event.
How come most of the employees are only appreciated verbally only at the moment of farewell?
Why all of a sudden, heartfelt and touchy words were uttered during the last day of a person?
Is it we are too busy chasing KPI, figures and troubleshooting daily challenges?
Perhaps we are too focus on the maximum use of our time for a high-level of productivity?
Maybe it is a norm in our Asian culture of not being expressive?
Or we just simply forgot?
I think one of the way to really bring out the best in people is through sincere compliments, words of acknowledgement and appreciation. We use our mind for management and we use our heart for appreciation. Basically, we use both.
Why not begin with the culture of "A Compliment A Day, Puts All The Negative Away".
Ahemm.. I wonder who is that great lady. Should intro to me :p
ReplyDeleteI agree with your article here. Everyone should learn to be more appreciative from time to time and not tillwhen that person is still there/around. Not to wait or disappointed later on. However I don't agree with overly doing. Compliment at the right time and situation is approriate but overly compliment or compliment for the sake of showing to others is a big no-no. I prefer "just nice".
Enough of the long comment :) thanks Leonard for the compliment :p