Vanessa Van Edwards

How to Show Authentic Appreciation at Work...and make people feel good

Vanessa Van Edwards

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Do you know how the people in your work life feel appreciated? Do you know how YOU feel appreciated by others?It’s important to show your employees and colleagues you care, but what’s the best way to show employee appreciation?In this video, I review appreciation languages and show you how to find out which language your employees have. I think that by catering to those languages every so often creates a happy work environment, which makes for happy employees that feel accomplished about their work and being on your team.In this video:0:00 I Appreciate You0:25 What's An Appreciation Language?2:12 Appreciation Language #1: Quality Time5:01 Appreciation Language #2: Gifts7:16 Appreciation Language #3: Physical Touch10:14 Appreciation Language #4: Acts of Service12:10 Appreciation Language #5: Words of Affirmation14:47 What’s your appreciation language?If you'd like to learn your own appreciation language, check out Dr. Chapman's official Love Language quiz here: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/Captivate your team and succeed with people with my book Captivate! Get it here: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/captivate/Read your team's verbal and nonverbal cues and master the secret language of charismatic communication with my new book Cues! Get it here: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/cues/******Hi, I’m Vanessa!You deserve more. More influence, more income, more of what you want. I would be honored to help you. My name is Vanessa Van Edwards and I’m a recovering awkward person. I’m also the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People (https://www.scienceofpeople.com/captivate/) and creator of People School(https://www.scienceofpeople.com/people-school/).My goal is simple: Help YOU get to your goals faster. Never be overlooked, interrupted or forgotten again.Do you want to be the most likable person in the room? Get my FREE guide now: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/******PS - Join the conversation on social!☞ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vvanedwards/☞ Twitter: https://twitter.com/vvanedwards☞ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vvanedwards/#appreciation #lovelanguage #vanessavanedwards #garychapman #5lovelanguages #captivate #captivatebook #cues #cuesbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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