🎭 How to use recognition to strengthen organizational culture and generate real results

Everyone talks about strong organizational culture. But the question is: do you know what are the dominant archetypes of the real culture experienced in your company? 👉 Understanding this changes everything. Especially when it comes to employee recognition. With Motivation 3.0 (autonomy, mastery and purpose) and practices such as Merit Money, recognition is no longer symbolic and becomes a strategic tool for ROI. ---

✅ The 6 cultural archetypes

🏆 Achievements (focus on deliveries)

• Clear KPIs

• Deadlines met

• Joy in delivering results

🔹 Ideal recognition: celebrate results achieved and goals achieved. ❤️ Customer as a center

• Love for the customer

• Real empathy

• Experience-driven structure

🔹 Ideal recognition: highlight those who anticipate needs and surprise the customer. 🤝 One Team

-Collaboration

• High reliability

• Collective conscience

🔹 Optimal recognition: value mutual help and cooperation between teams. 💡 Innovation

• Constant curiosity

• Miss fast

• Continuous improvement

🔹 Ideal recognition: Reward ideas and learning, not just successes. 😀 People First

• Happy people → results

-Empowerment

-Belonging

🔹 Ideal recognition: Recognize care initiatives and servant leadership. 🌍 Much bigger

• ESG and impact

• Legacy beyond profit

• Social relevance

🔹 Ideal recognition: Celebrate those who connect work to the greater impact on society. ---

🎯 Why does this matter? Your company may have 2 or 3 dominant archetypes. There is no "right" or "wrong". But there is clarity. And clearly, recognition is no longer a symbolic or isolated act and becomes a driver of engagement, belonging, and real results. ---

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📌 Conclusion

Culture is not built only with values on the wall. It is lived every day, and recognition is the bridge between discourse and practice. ➡️ See also our other exclusive materials on culture, engagement and recognition