{"id":67663,"date":"2025-06-11T10:06:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T10:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/portfolio\/positive-seeing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:40:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:40:57","slug":"positive-seeing","status":"publish","type":"cpt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/portfolio\/positive-seeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciation in the company &#8211; workshops for motivation and resilience in teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A key to motivation and resilience<\/h3>\n\n<p>Success in organizations does not depend solely on processes or strategies. The decisive factor is people &#8211; and how they treat each other. Teams and managers who regularly express appreciation are more committed, more resilient and more efficient in the long term.  <\/p>\n\n<p>But what does appreciation mean in concrete terms? It is more than just passing praise. Appreciation means perceiving people in their role and personality &#8211; and expressing this in a language that resonates with the other person. This is precisely where the <strong>&#8220;languages of appreciation&#8221;<\/strong> come in, a practical approach from leadership and team research:   <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Words of appreciation:<\/strong> Clear, honest feedback &#8211; specific and personal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time &amp; attention:<\/strong> Show presence, listen, signal genuine interest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Willingness to help:<\/strong> offer support when resources are scarce or burdens are high.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gestures &amp; small tokens of appreciation:<\/strong> A short message, a coffee or a &#8220;thank you&#8221; at the right moment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Symbolic recognition:<\/strong> Visible signs of appreciation that convey meaning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>In workshops with teams and managers, it has been shown time and again that as soon as appreciation is consciously practiced, there is a noticeable change in dynamics and cooperation. Conflicts decrease, identification with the company grows and employees report more energy and motivation in their day-to-day work. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Practical tip:<\/strong> Ask the team: &#8220;In what way do you feel most valued?&#8221; &#8211; the answers are often different and open up new possibilities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Questions we explore together:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How can leadership systematically promote appreciation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which language of appreciation suits my team?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can gratitude and recognition be integrated into everyday working life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Sources: Bakker, A. B., &amp; Demerouti, E. (2017), Cameron, K. (2012), Chapman, G., &amp; White, P. (2019), Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., &amp; Keyes, C. L. (2003).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success in organizations does not depend solely on processes or strategies. The decisive factor is people &#8211; and how they treat each other. Teams and managers who regularly express appreciation are more committed, more resilient and more efficient in the long term.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67904,"template":"","cpt_portfolio_group":[298],"class_list":["post-67663","cpt_portfolio","type-cpt_portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_portfolio_group-homepage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio\/67663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cpt_portfolio_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelleperreten.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_portfolio_group?post=67663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}