When appreciation is missing, the costs are real: turnover, disengagement, people doing the minimum, good employees leaving for managers who notice them.
HR research has been consistent on this for decades, and yet the gap persists. Not because leaders don’t care, but because most people think appreciation is something you feel — not something you do. And that assumption is exactly where it breaks down.
Appreciating others is one of 25 leadership competencies in the doing category — the behaviors that show up in daily interactions with your people. In this episode, Dr. Phillip Shero breaks down three concrete practices that turn appreciation from a vague intention into something you can actually build and repeat.
Want to stop losing good people to managers who make them feel seen? Let’s talk.
