Close with thanks.
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As you conclude the award presentation, offer a sincere thank-you to the employee and a warm handshake.
In all, a great award presentation need not take more than ten or fifteen minutes. But few events are as memorable for employees—those being honored and those watching.
As one CEO confided to us, “Unlike the speeches I give where employees look at me with vacant expressions, no one tunes out in an award presentation.” He said speaking at award presentations was the best way for him to reinforce what mattered to the organization, at a time when everyone was engaged and in a celebratory mood.