# A teammate making a good door public

What is peer recognition in sales is a teammate naming a good door where the crew can see it. Knockdesk is field sales software, and Kudos is how that shout becomes public. A private clap in a DM is praise. It is not on the desk.

## Four nice messages in a chat still leave Friday quiet

You feel it when Maya closed 418 Oak and the thread filled with claps the manager never opens. Peer recognition in sales that stays in a DM does not teach the next knock. Kudos lets a teammate make that door public. Jordan writes the line. The feed shows the pair. The chat had four claps and zero record.

**The door.** Name the household and the outcome. A generic good job does not teach the stoop.

**The teammate.** Someone else sends it. Self-kudos does not save.

**The feed.** Public kudos is what the crew can read. A DM clap never lands there.

## Four chat claps, one public kudos, two stories of the same door

Maya logs Sold at 418 Oak. The group chat posts four claps. Jordan sends one public kudos with a message on that door. The feed shows 1 kudos. The chat shows 4. Friday can only coach the line that hit the desk. Recompute praise as records, not as noise.

| Where the praise sat | Count | What Friday can open |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Group chat claps | 4 | Nothing on the desk |
| Public kudos from Jordan | 1 | The message on Maya's door |
| Self-kudos from Maya | 0 | It does not save |
| Doors the next rep can copy | 1 if they read the feed | 418 Oak, not the chat thread |

## Kudos is not a rank, and it is not a contest

A sales leaderboard ranks a metric on a window. A sales contest scores a game. Kudos is a teammate making a good door public. Points can follow the kudos the admin already set. The shout is still the record, not the rank.

- [Leaderboard](/glossary/leaderboard): Rank on the metric you already log. Not a shout from a teammate.

- [Sales contest](/glossary/sales-contest): A scored game on a metric and a window.

## How Knockdesk tracks it

Kudos lets a teammate make a good door public. You pick the person, write the message, and the feed can show it. You cannot send kudos to yourself. Full desk is on the pricing page.

## Keep going from the shout

- [Field sales glossary](/glossary): The hub this term opens from.

- [Sales gamification](/features/sales-gamification): Points, badges, streaks, and the kudos that can sit beside them.

- [Sales leaderboards](/features/sales-leaderboards): The board that ranks the metric. Kudos is the shout next to it.

- [Compete](/compete): The desk where that public line can land.

## FAQ

### What is peer recognition in sales?

Peer recognition in sales is a teammate making a good door public. In Knockdesk, that shout is Kudos, not a clap that stays in a DM.

### Can I send kudos to myself?

No. Kudos has to come from someone else.

### Is kudos public?

Kudos starts public so the crew can read the message. A private chat clap is not that record.

### Is kudos a leaderboard?

No. A leaderboard ranks a metric on a window. Kudos is a teammate naming a door. They can sit on the same desk.

### Does a chat clap count?

No. In the example, four chat claps leave Friday with nothing to open. One public kudos leaves the message on Maya's Sold.

### How much does Knockdesk cost?

Full desk is on the pricing page. A free trial is not open.