Acknowledgment Works - Training in Essential Management Skills

AcknowledgmentWorks was founded by Christopher Littlefield, to provide businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations with concrete skills and tools to increase employee morale, performance, and enhance office relationships using the free and powerful practice of acknowledgment, recognition, and praise.

The practice of giving and receiving acknowledgment plays a critical role in our everyday work relationships, yet we devote little time and attention to examining and developing our ability to acknowledge others and to accept acknowledgment from others.

Managers are often aware of the necessity to give performance reviews and feedback, but not aware of the benefit to be gained if they take the five minutes to acknowledge their employees.

The AcknowledgmentWorks Programs are based on results from an independent international study of 154 participants from 30 countries around the world on their experience of acknowledgment. Results showed 88% of people surveyed associated being acknowledged with being valued. Chris has developed an interactive program to increase managers’ effectiveness in the age-old practice of recognizing the efforts and impact of others. Managers will get trained in how to powerfully acknowledge their employees.

Christopher B. Littlefield: AcknowledgmentWorks Founder

Christopher has varied and broad experience in designing and leading programs that create understanding and trust between youth and adults from cultures in conflict such as the Middle East and Northern Ireland. Most recently, he co-founded an organization with funding from the U. S. State Department to address tensions between adults from Armenia and Azerbaijan. Through his experience working with protracted international conflicts, he has developed a depth of knowledge of the dynamics of human relationships. He has translated this knowledge into the development of workshops to assist businesses and community groups to navigate the challenges of workplace relationships. Chris focuses on the topic of acknowledgment, praise, and recognition and how to use the three to transform work and personal relationships. Chris has received research and service awards for his work with the Seeds of Peace Program, the Caroline Briggs Award for contributions to diversity, and the Sojourner Truth Award for contributions to the African American Student Associations from UNCA. Chris received his BA in "Global Interactions" from the University of North Carolina Asheville.

Christopher B. Littlefield
AcknowledgmentWorks
Founder

“There is a huge power
in acknowledgment, recognition, and praise, but it often makes us uncomfortable and we avoid it. Every time we avoid it we rob ourselves and our organizations of the benefit it brings.”
- Christopher Littlefield

AcknowledgmentWorks
Christopher B. Littlefield
Phone: (207) 504-0137
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