CEO at RecruitMilitary | Empowering the military community through meaningful career opportunities from top companies
My Sunday ritual is the anecdote to the Sunday blues. For the last four years, I’ve spent every Sunday afternoon recording a video for my team. I read anonymous appreciation messages colleagues submitted for each other earlier in the week. Sometimes, the messages are simple words of thanks...and sometimes, they are glowing reminders that our teammates always surpass expectations - for clients, partners, military community job seekers, and each other. Some Sundays, I record a few messages. On other occasions, I have a big batch to go through - recently, I recorded 18 messages in a single sitting. My colleagues often tell me they appreciate the weekly video - some have even watched it with their families. But I’m sure not everyone watches the video every week. Some may even think it’s an excessive activity for a CEO. However, I believe in what it demonstrates: 1️⃣ We strive for excellence and recognize it when we see it 2️⃣ We are consistent about putting our values into practice It would have been easier to start this team appreciation initiative and let it dwindle when work got busy or the initial excitement died down. Yet sticking to the practices that reinforce our values and aspirations is the secret sauce of great cultures. So I’ll keep my Sunday ritual. It’s a consistent reminder to me and my team about who we are and strive to be.
Grace Best
4w
Reason 1,000,000 why you’re the best at what you do!
I love this. The best part is that you are taking action and that you do it regularly. Whether everyone watches the video is not important. Those that do will appreciate it and word will get around. Recognizing and communicating with your team on a personal level is essential to building a high performing team.
Bob Hall
4w
This is why some people may believe you go by a stage name "Tim Best". (Okay, not really. I just thought it would be a good opening line 😀) Putting the time and effort to share positivity with your team, not just through an email or text, but by using video makes your message more personal and engaging.
You set a standard here Tim.
Receiving a shoutout from your CEO first thing Monday morning is a great way to start the week. It's also great to be able to submit peers and have them recognized to the entire company for what they do. A Sunday afternoon well spent!
I look forward to these every week...where you recognize all that is good about RecruitMilitary and how we keep getting better and better because we listen to each other, our customers and our jobseekers. And I so appreciate your tag line...TFCTW...because you mean it and it shows! Thanks, Tim.
Tim, I definitely watched a few of those videos when Rachel was with RecruitMilitary. Leading from the front.
With time being such a valuable resource, it’s important to spend it in impactful ways. Great job Tim Best
Rob Younce
4w
Consistent effort is a great message through your actions. Great leadership!
Area Lead Equipment Maintenance Technician at Polar Semiconductor
4wI gotta touch on the military to biz world translation aspect of this act you describe. This is the warrior practice of checking on everyone out in position on the perimeter. The simple act of genuine, sincere acknowledgement is so powerful for unlocking people's potential. The fact that you go above the convention of just an email, and take the time to craft the video demonstrates to me a firm grasp of the practice of leading through love. No surprise there. How can you possibly lead through love in the business world? Well, this way for one. An informed employee feels like a valued employee. I think the #1 complaint from an employee about a workplace culture or manager style is lack of effective, consistent, and relative to the business purpose communication. It's one of the tenants of Air-Land Battle Business; Process, Move, Communicate. You wanna try a new process that you communicate and see how it moves your organizational performance levels? OK- at the end of each month's video, ask each for an email to you stating what their number 1 frustration was for the month, and what their number 1 fear is for the upcoming month. Rank order prioritize however you see fit, then eliminate them as fast as possible.