While most employers have the best intentions when it comes to recognising those staff who go above and beyond, employee recognition often falls by the wayside in a lot of businesses.
Yet according to leadership expert Kim J Harrison, employee recognition should be an employer’s top priority as it is a fail-safe strategy to motivate employees to benefit their business.
Kim believes that successful employers understand that appreciation is a fundamental human need and identify the importance of being appreciated.
“Employees respond to appreciation expressed through recognition of their good work because it confirms their work is valued by others,” Kim says.
“When employees and their work are valued, their satisfaction and productivity rises, and they are motivated to maintain or improve their good work.”
In pharmacy, one such way of recognising the hard work of your staff is nominating them for The Pharmacy Guild of Australia/Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year (PATY) Award.
The award provides a public platform to recognise the high value pharmacy assistants contribute to their pharmacies, the community and the industry.
This year’s award, which is being contested entirely online, is now open to all Australian pharmacy assistants with a minimum of two years’ industry experience.
Prizes include $5,000 cash and a Guild Training course for the national winner.
To nominate one of your outstanding pharmacy assistants, go to pharmacyassistants.com/paty.
Third party nominations close on 17 August 2020, with self-nominations and responses closing on 7 September 2020.
This story first appeared in this month’s issue of Retail Pharmacy magazine: retailpharmacymagazine.com.au/magazine.
