How to praise your devs

There was a quite controversial but very fruitful and inspiring conversation about "How to praise your devs" from the viewpoint of a Scrum Master. Here are the few notes I took for myself:

• Sentences like "Thank you that you brought up that topic, it really helped the team move forward" basically are another way of saying "You did well"
• "You did well" sentences are a judgement of the work the developer does and are almost always seen violent. Least of all is a Scrum Master the one who is to judge the work of the developer
• When appreciating someone tell them how you feel (NVC) instead of judging the work they did
• Try to use appreciation instead of praise
• Base your feedback on your relationship with the other person
• Align your appreciation with the purpose of the team. If the team does not have a purpose or doesn't know its purpose give the team exactly that
• Developers do communicate and they communicate a lot. But they do it in their own ways and other people are sometimes seen as intruders