As a manager, it’s your job to make sure your employees feel valued.

“One of your most important responsibilities is making your employees feel truly valued, letting them know that without them, your company, your department—and frankly, you—would be worse off,” writes Avery Augustine for The Muse. 

Augustine describes four ways managers can do this regularly:

• Be intentional. When employees know what they contribute to the organization, they can actually feel valued, explains Augustine. “When you assign a new task, for example, go beyond the basic… and reiterate why you truly value someone’s work,” she writes.
• Share recognition. “While recognition can serve as a great motivator, it can also become a little routine when it always comes from a direct manager,” writes Augustine. “But do remember that feedback from others can pack a little more punch—and show your team that they’re not only appreciated by you, but also by clients, coworkers, and even executives.”
• Give them a challenge. “When you assign an employee a challenging task and actually put your trust in him or her to see it through, what you're saying is, ‘I know you’re capable of this and I trust you to do a great job,’” writes Augustine.
• Acknowledge them. While it’s great to recognize your entire team for their collective work, sometimes your true appreciation for accomplishments can be lost. “To truly make individual employees feel valued, it’s OK to single them out and reward them according to their accomplishments—and with something that the rest of the team won’t necessarily get,” writes Augustine. “Of course, you don’t want to ostracize the rest of your team… it’s important to pay attention and actively look for opportunities to reward all the members of your team. But individually recognizing your employees for their specific achievements will spell it out, loud and clear: They really make a difference to you and the company."