Two words need to be said around the workplace a little more often: "Thank you."
Expressions of gratitude are what set a few workplaces, including Google, apart, according to The Wall Street Journal. About 80 percent of people said they were motivated by receiving expressions of gratitude, but only 10 percent said they offered gratitude on a daily basis, according to a 2013 study cited in the report.
This exact tactic is what put Google's CEO Larry Page at the top of the list of Glassdoor.com's approval ratings of chief executives, according to the report. The company expresses gratitude for its employees' work and touts, "We love our employees and want them to know it," according to the report.
Various studies have shown gratitude is a greater motivator than money or a title change, the effects of which can dull over time, Adam Grant, PhD, professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School told WSJ.
According to Dale Carnegie, the best way to say those two words of gratitude are honestly and specifically, WSJ reported.
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