Originally Posted by healer

Recognition is something I have a love-hate relationship with of late, especially at work. My boss is one who holds recognition - be it by colleagues or clients - in high regard. So much so that he seems hungry for it, and it comes across when he praises me or the people in our team. Any praise is via email, and is usually the result of one of the projects that HE oversees doing well - with a cc to HIS boss. Some would say he's just keeping his boss in the loop, but I think there's a fair bit of underlying brown-nosing going on.