Consiglio: when one of your employees does something very well, email them explaining what they did and what positive impact it had, and cc your boss. This will build their reputation and also your own.

Your boss likely doesn’t know them as well as you do; this allows them to get kudos from higher up.

Explaining the positive impact of your employee’s actions allows your boss to understand more of what your team does. It also forces you to think about the positive impact in a way you may not have.

And this process makes it easier for you to recommend your people for raises/promotions/other recognition because you’ve already helped build/spread a positive reputation for them.

Then save the email (and your boss’s response, if they respond) in your employee’s personnel file to refer back to when you’re writing their annual performance review or award!