What to do if shoutouts aren't meaningful
If shoutouts read like "great job, team", or people send Coins just to use them up, three things help.
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Leaders go first
People copy what they see. You and your managers each send one or two good shoutouts a week. Say what the person did, what it changed, and then say thanks.
Use your company values
In the sidebar, open Settings → Recognition and pick (Company) values. Archive the ones that don't matter to your company, and add the ones that do with Add value. Then, when you send a shoutout, pick the value that the work shows.
Say who did what
When a shoutout goes to more than one person, name each person's part. "Abdel found the billing bug before launch. Danna wrote to every customer it touched." Not "great job, team".
Good to know
Do this for two or three weeks. Your team will start writing them the same way.For how to write a good one, see Write a shoutout they'll remember.Archiving a value does not change old shoutouts. They keep the value they were sent with. See Add or edit company values.
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