Dear Rob,

Thanks for the effort you've put in this past couple of months to help us orient and bring
the two new developers onboard. They've become productive and contributing much
faster because of the training and assistance you've provided them.

This has worked out so well, in fact, that we're making the "buddy" system an integral
component in how we bring all new employees into the company in the future.

Will you participate in a brainstorming and planning session on Thursday so we can all
capture what worked well and what needs improvement? I'm also inviting Human
Resources staff, the other employees who have been "buddies," and several new
employees.

The goal will be a process that we can adopt for bringing new employees onboard. Let
me know and I'll send a meeting notice.

Again, thanks for all of your help orienting Rich and Bonnie.

Warm regards,

Rich
Dear Mary,

Today's presentation went very well and was well received by the department managers; I
was also pleased to see that the team accomplished its key goals. I want to personally
thank you for informally assisting your project team to stay on track and on target to meet
their goals. Without your willingness to step up and, despite some push back from team
members, persist in keeping the team on track, the project would certainly have strayed
off course.

Specifically, your scheduling of meetings with a specific purpose, your use of an agenda
with time allotments, your minutes distributed within 24 hours, and your excellent
meeting facilitation really helped the team progress.

On the creative side, taking the team on a field trip to see what several non-competing
companies had done on a similar project appears to have been a key success factor, too.

Again, thank you. The project was well worth your time and investment and, on behalf of
the management team, I want you to know that we really appreciate your efforts.

Regards,