I hate to admit it…but as I have “aged”, I have taken just a little more time when communicating in any form and moving less quickly forward on most new initiatives.  Now don’t start thinking that because I am getting older that my whole being has begun to slow down…NO!  Rather I have more recently realized better…the greater value of:  Allowing A “Recognition-Pause”. 

What am I trying to explain? 

During my entire work history I can honestly say that I rarely took time to really celebrate a specific organization/professional “win”/achievement!  Rather my focus was to stress the importance of “what next and what-else” still needs to be done.  Even when the Board I was responsible to specifically asked me to spend more time discussing the cool stuff we were accomplishing…I would tell them that that was “old-news” and we need to look forward to the future.  New ideas and innovations were the priority…every time…all the time! 

Was I extremely lucky that I had great support from Board members and the group that worked with me…yes!  However, did I miss the unique support value of Allowing A “Recognition-Pause” from time to time and encourage a special celebration moment so that everyone could be at the same progressive “place and time” on a specific achievement…YES! 

Bottomline:  Don’t always focus on what’s still left to do…organizational fatigue can be paralyzing.  Reflect and learn from the achievements/successes realized…even in one day.  Again to some they may be baby-steps forward…but to others they may be a once in a lifetime opportunity!  By Allowing A “Recognition-Pause” in your workplace…you may experience even greater service consistency and performance.