{"id":121,"date":"2025-07-21T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-12-29T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:46:31","slug":"creating-a-culture-of-everyday-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/recognition\/creating-a-culture-of-everyday-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a culture of everyday appreciation\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the University of Washington, passion never rests\u2014and neither do the people who power our mission. This toolkit gives you tools and ideas to recognize your team\u2019s contributions, strengthen connection, and create a culture of appreciation where everyone feels seen.<\/p>\n<p>A culture of appreciation begins with recognizing the value each employee brings to our campuses, medical centers, classrooms, labs, and communities\u2014every day. As a manager, you play a powerful role in shaping this culture. Below are some everyday ways to make recognition part of your leadership style:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Viva Insights in Teams to send digital praise in private or public channels.\u202fTo find Viva Insights, click on the Apps box in Teams, type Viva into the search box and click the add button in the Viva Insights box.<\/li>\n<li>Host informal team-building or \u2018get to know your colleague\u2019 events.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize great work on the spot\u2014small acknowledgments go a long way.<\/li>\n<li>Include recognition moments in 1:1s and team meetings.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize peers and leaders\u2014gratitude flows in all directions.<\/li>\n<li>Invite team members to share stories about a colleague&#8217;s impact.<\/li>\n<li>Use UW-branded Teams or Zoom backgrounds to celebrate milestones creatively.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Zoom backgrounds to use (click on an image to save as a download):<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-227 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/zoom-uw-4-900x506.png\" alt=\"zoom-uw-4\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/zoom-uw-med-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/08\/zoom-uw-med-1-900x506.png\" alt=\"zoom-uw-med-2\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-232 size-large\" 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wp-image-233 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-3-900x506.png\" alt=\"zoom-uw-med-3\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-3-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-3-533x300.png 533w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-3.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4-900x506.png\" alt=\"zoom-uw-med-4\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4-533x300.png 533w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/hr.uw.edu\/experience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2025\/07\/zoom-uw-med-4.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share monthly work anniversaries in Microsoft Teams. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/employeehelp.workday.uw.edu\/admin-corner\/workday-reports\/report-deep-dives\/r0441\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workday report R0441<\/a> to identify upcoming milestones.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"uw-btn btn-sm btn-none\" href=\"https:\/\/uwnetid.sharepoint.com\/sites\/og_uwmpaf\/recognition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See more great resources from the UW Medicine community<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This toolkit gives you tools and ideas to recognize your team\u2019s contributions, strengthen connection, and create a culture of appreciation where everyone feels seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":119,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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