All practices
Team & cultureongoing
The Power of Mattering
When / where:Ongoing — especially for leaders
Deliberately make colleagues feel significant; notice invisible labor.
How to practice
- 1
Name a specific contribution you saw.
- 2
Tell the person directly.
- 3
Make it a habit.
The evidence
Mattering is protective against burnout and addresses the esteem-reward gap (Siegrist, 1996).