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EP. 07: THE "R" IN TEAMWORK IS FOR RECOGNITION AND REWARD The more credit you give to others, the more you develop team spirit. It’s that simple. The Bible says, “Give honor and respect to all those to whom it is due.” (Romans 13:7, LB) QUOTABLE QUOTES What gets recognized gets repeated. - Carolina CarrolesClick To Tweet DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPT Grab your reading glasses and download the PDF here. READ THE TRANSCRIPT Mingo Palacios: What's next in the full acronym is we're making our way through teamwork. We're on "R" right? Carolina Corrales: We are. For recognition. And I really love what Romans 12:10 has to say about this. Mingo Palacios: Okay. Carolina Corrales: It says, "Love each other like brothers and sisters. Give each other more honor than you want for yourselves." And I really liked that because I feel like, you know, we were having a conversation about this earlier about how when I first started serving, I wanted recognition, I wanted people to know, to see what I was doing. And I think as I've matured over the years, that just went away. And I feel like I should be recognizing others for their good work. Mingo Palacios: Yeah. That's good. Carolina Corrales: What they're doing. It's not that I don't want to be recognized, it's just that I understand the value that that provides for a volunteer or somebody new that needs to feel that recognition because I was there once. Mingo Palacios: Yeah. That's good. And it's not that recognition is a bad thing, right? Scripture tells us, right. Proverbs 3:27, "Don't withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to act." I think recognition fits inside of that. That statement that if you see something great, recognize it, speak it, vocalize it because how often are you doing something where you're wondering like, "Man, I wonder if this is doing good for the greater org?" And how much better it feels and we we're talking just about our feeling like when somebody goes, "Hey, I saw you doing that and that was solid." You know, recognition is one of the most powerful things we can use as a tool in ministry when it comes to how we operate inside and on teams. Carolina Corrales: Yeah. And I think what gets recognized gets repeated. Mingo Palacios: So true. Are you a parent? Carolina Corrales: I'm not. Mingo Palacios: But it's really true. I think of like when we have kids, you reinforce by recognition the things that you really want to see exemplified and internalized with your kiddos. It's the exact same with volunteers or team members that as leaders, as we continue to recognize the things that are superb on a team, you're telling everybody else subliminally, "That's the way we operate here" right? So if somebody is really encouraging, if somebody is being selfless, if somebody is going above and beyond, when you recognize those things, you're really instilling that. That's how you build culture inside of a team. If you're wondering how. Tyler Hofer: Yeah. Carolina Corrales: Oh yeah. Tyler Hofer: And you know what's interesting is that Carolina was talking about her own experience and her leadership where early on she wanted to be recognized for the things she was doing and as she's matured, she passed that recognition on to others. And yet in that process, it's like the catch 22, she became more recognized, more familiarized. Like, if come on to Torrey Pines campus, now people know who you are. Mingo Palacios: She is a celebrity.