{"id":2382,"date":"2013-11-25T16:50:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T00:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:58:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:58:39","slug":"giving-thanks-make-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/giving-thanks-make-personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Way of Giving Thanks &#8212; Make It Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_2386\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2386\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2386 \" title=\"Meaningful Employee Recognition\" alt=\"Every award at Yum brands has a place to write something meaningful, such as the Rubber Chicken Award.\" src=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/floppy-chicken-employee-recognition.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/floppy-chicken-employee-recognition.jpg 275w, https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/floppy-chicken-employee-recognition-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every award at Yum brands has a place to write something meaningful, such as the Rubber Chicken Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Giving thanks &#8212; and the power of making it personal &#8212; came across clearly in a recent article in Fortune magazine about Yum Brands.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t allow managers just to give plaques or gifts &#8212; everything must have a personal note on it, or along with it.\u00a0 I love that idea.<\/p>\n<p>It is a good reminder that the best acknowledgement or thank you to employees and others is something personal and meaningful.\u00a0 And, it must be fast &#8212; it loses impact if it&#8217;s too long after the fact. \u00a0Yum has crazy items, such as a rubber, floppy chicken, cheesehead, roof tile, plastic hog, and oversize teeth.\u00a0 Every one of those items has a place to write something meaningful.\u00a0 &#8220;You want to give away a piece of yourself,&#8221; says David Novak, the CEO of Yum brands.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Giving Thanks and Employee Recognition\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/25\/leadership\/yum-david-novak.pr.fortune\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fortune article on employee recognition and giving thanks<\/a> at Yum brands. \u00a0Have a great Thanksgiving week &#8212; and make it personal!<\/p>\n<h3>Related Posts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How Business Funding Affects Company Culture | Source Of Capital Matters\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/company-culture-like-fine-wine-or-great-coffee\/\">Company Culture Like Fine Wine or Coffee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Unique Businesses, Strategy | Business Financing &amp; Funding | Blog For Business Owners\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/investment-business-force-for-good\/\">Unique Businesses Are a Force For Good<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\"><a title=\"Employee Ownership | Company Culture, Strategy | Mason Myers Business Blog for Owners, Investors\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/employee-ownership-holy-grail-for-business-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quest for the Holy Grail of Employees Who Think Like Owners \u2014 Employee Ownership (a series)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Business Growth Opportunities | Growing A Business, Company Culture | Mason Myers Business Blog for Owners, Investors\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/growing-a-business-company-culture\/\">Company Culture Key to Growing a Business<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"postmeta_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"postmeta classifications small\"><span class=\"post_categories\">Categories:<a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/hr-culture-is-strategic\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Culture Is Strategic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/execution\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Execution<\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"post_tags\">Tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/business-strategy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Strategy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/company-culture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Company Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/culture\/\" rel=\"tag\">Culture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/differentiation\/\" rel=\"tag\">Differentiation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/employee-ownership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Employee Ownership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/hr\/\" rel=\"tag\">HR<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/human-resources\/\" rel=\"tag\">Human Resources<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/investment-strategy\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investment Strategy<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving thanks &#8212; 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