January 11, 2021, is International Thank You Day. It provides the ideal day to tell your employees “thank you!” and to thank team members located internationally. Employees report that feeling appreciated at work impacts their motivation and engagement. And, over two-thirds of employees said that they would work harder if their performance was recognized more frequently.
Saying “Thank You!” can be simple, but powerful. Don’t let International Thank You Day pass without expressing appreciation for your employees and your teammembers.
In this article, we will cover how to best express appreciation to have the greatest impact on your team and give 10 example messages of “thanks” that you can use to create a unique message for your team members.
10 Heartfelt Messages of Thanks to Send Employees
We’ve included a few sincere and touching messages you can send to your team to let them know how thankful you are for all they do. For more ideas, check out 50 Heartfelt Messages for Employee Ecards. Although these are more generic messages, we hope you will take the ideas and add specific details that meet the accomplishments of your employees.
- I wanted to let you know that having you on the team makes all the difference. Thanks for all you do!
- You’ve worked so hard on this last project and I’ve noticed. Thank you for your incredible work!
- I continue to be impressed by the results you produce. You play a crucial role in our team and the company’s success
- You consistently motivate and inspire the team. It helps us solve problems and move on faster. Thank you!
- Regardless of the challenges and difficulties many projects bring, you continue to tackle them head-on and find solutions. Thank you!
- You demonstrate excellence every single day. Thank you for all you do!
- You leave every place better than you found it. Thank you for all the many ways you impact and improve our department!
- Thank you for always doing a great job! It makes my job easier because I can always depend on you!
- I don’t have the words to express the full difference your contributions, creativity, and innovation have made to the team. Thank you for everything!
- Your customer service skills are amazing! You have the ability to nip problems in the bud and deliver excellent service to our clients. Thank you!
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9 Tips for Saying “Thank You!”
Sometimes your message of appreciation doesn’t impact your employees in the manner you hoped it would. Recognizing employees becomes more meaningful to them when you apply these principles.
- Be Specific: Naming a specific trait, skill, characteristic, or accomplishment has more power than a generic thank you. Naming specific details acknowledges the efforts of your team members. It will have a greater impact on continued efforts than generic expressions of gratitude.
- Say Thank You Through Different Mediums: Some employees feel more appreciated when you tell them “thank you” verbally. Others feel more appreciated with a written note. It all depends on their work “love language.” Check out 5 Love Languages of Employee Appreciation for a more in-depth overview.
- Give Private Feedback: For many employees, especially introverts, receiving private praise feels more genuine and heartfelt than a public display. Make sure to tell employees how much they impact the workplace in private ways and not just at events or meetings.
- Public Recognition Not Manipulation: When you give public recognition, make sure you focus on the incredible success of the employee. Don’t compare employees to others who aren’t doing as well or your recognition will come off as manipulation and make the recognized employee regretful they stood out.
- Give Employees Choice: Empowering employees with choices, from workspace to problem-solving and decision making, is one of the strongest ways to send the message that you trust and appreciate employees.
- Help Employees Grow: Investing in employees and their professional success demonstrates the value you place on them individually. For some employees, this is the method of “thanks” that speaks the loudest to them.
- Invest in Team Culture: Improve and enhance your corporate culture by creating clubs and groups that encourage employees to learn new skills or enhance existing talents.
- Support Employee Goals: Show your appreciation for employees by meeting with them to discuss their goals and ambitions. Support them and provide the tools they need for success.
Give Thanks Regularly: International Thank You Day is a great day to express your gratitude, but it shouldn’t be the only day. Make it a regular habit to tell your employees how much you appreciate them.
3 Ways Thanks Helps Employers Recognize Employees
The Thanks platform provides many ways for managers and colleagues to recognize a job well done. Recognition tools make it easy for managers and colleagues to recognize employees when they do a great job.
Thanks provides ecards so you can send a personalized message and let a team member know that they made a big difference. Ecards are available in many languages and are available for both daily recognition and for holidays. Check out the free ecard tool here.
The Thanks platform also allows for a “Thanks board.” Coworkers and managers can send an ecard, or record a video message. The recipient can print out a PDF of the messages to keep for later. It makes a memorable experience that will touch employees who love written messages and provide a tangible “thank you” for those who love physical representations.
The Company Store provides a place where managers can store many kinds of company perks for employees to choose. Choice means that employees can choose the recognition perk that means the most to them. Company store perks can include company memorabilia, time off, lunch with the boss, or any other custom perk you want to offer.
About Thanks
Thanks is a leading provider of a recognition-based platform that increases communication, builds teamwork, and makes recognition a part of company culture. Fast, easy and simple Thanks makes it easy to bring data-driven employee recognition to your entire organization. O.C. Tanner purchased the Thanks platform in 2019 to fulfill the recognition needs of smaller businesses.
Thanks customers benefit from the same decades of research in employee motivation and company culture that O.C. Tanner enterprise clients enjoy, but in a product that is geared for fast, easy and simple deployment. Whether you’re starting a recognition program or improving and expanding on what you already have, Thanks has everything you need to engage your people with effective, scalable recognition.