The Affirmation Vacuum : How to make positive reinforcement a corner stone of your leadership and communication
Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders - A podcast by Chris Deferio

SHIFT BREAK #18 : Today we talk about one of the most powerful practices for creating a healthy workplace. Affirmation. In leadership, it is easy for us to veer off into being overly critical, nitpicky, and to focus on the problems and negatives as a default modes of operating. Unfortunately this tends to push affirmation and positive reinforcement aside and leaves staff starved for recognition while creating a crisis of morale. In this episode we discuss some practical ways to make affirmation a cornerstone of your leadership and communication. Related Episode: 004: Being a People-First Leader Sponsor: Square Payroll www.square.com/go/keys