Authored by Paul White

Featured title: The Vibrant Workplace: Overcoming the Obstacles to Building a Culture of Appreciation

Interview Insights

To create a vibrant workplace, leaders must highlight and understand the people’s side of things.
Appreciation should go beyond pretty, flattering words we string together to make our employees feel happy. Still, it should be time, respect, and something that helps us maintain an effective, productive, and vibrant workplace.
Communicating appreciation is not exclusive to managers but a must-do practice by the whole team.

“He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm,” is a quote from the old testament, inspires Dr. Paul White.[01:33]
A discussion about the shifting and challenges of work dynamics exiting COVID. [02:21]
Aiming for a vibrant workplace. [03:38]
The challenges of creating a vibrant workplace. [05:05]
Paul does not believe that the primary goal of appreciation is to make people feel good or happy. [07:31]
Another misconception of appreciation is that it’s simply words we tell people. [09:50]
Research shows that 79% of people who voluntarily left their jobs cited a lack of appreciation as the primary reason for leaving. :[14:08]
Why communicating appreciation is not the sole responsibility of managers but the whole team. [16:01]
Response to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook. [19:33]
Two great ways to stay connected on remote work: Be proactive in reaching out, and people’s connectivity should not be limited to their supervisor. [20:22]
The relation of having a high level of being valued and appreciated to a company’s profitability. [25:41]
My Quest for the Best Lightning Round begins [29:40]

Dr. Paul White is an author, speaker and psychologist, who helps “make work relationships work.”

He created and developed The Motivating By Appreciation Inventory, Appreciation at Work Implementation Kit, and The Toxic Workplace Prevention & Repair Kit that helped many workplaces to become an environment full with positivism and grow towards health.

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