Project Summary: Discussion Topic 1: Recognize Contributions by Showing Appreciation for Individual Excellence-Best Practices In your reading for this week in Kouzes and Posner (2012), you are learning about the leadership practice of Encourage the Heart and the component of Recognize Contributions by Showing Appreciation for Individual Excellence. There are many different ways to recognize good performance. For this Discussion topic you will conduct research using the Kaplan library and other academically credible resources you discover and: Discuss the common elements of effective recognition, Present some best practices that you have seen in your research, Talk about a time when your good performance was recognized and how it encouraged you to continue performing well. Reference Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2012). The leadership challenge, 5th ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Does not need to be in Not In APA