Should you reward success? Rewarding success is the obvious thing to do. Slaps on the back, public praise, bonuses and honours come easily to us. People expect to be rewarded for good performance. If you reward success then people will strive to give you more of it. It would be madness to reward failure, or […]
Coercion, Fear and Ebola
A frightening disease There is an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Healthcare workers are desperately trying to contain the infection. The first signs of the disease appear within a couple of weeks of infection. They include fever, headaches and sore throats. Vomiting and diarrhoea follow, then internal and external bleeding […]
Outcome or Effort, Which Should You Reward?
You should praise your children Every parent will tell you that you should applaud your children. Praising them for a job well done and telling them how clever they are builds confidence and self esteem. Or does it? In 1990’s Claudia Mueller and Carol Dweck of Columbia University decided to find out. The experiment The […]
Cigarettes and Alcohol
Prohibition Noun: The act of forbidding something, especially by law In 1919 the US government attempted to reduce levels of alcohol consumption. They passed legislation that prohibited its production, transportation and sale. The ban was almost complete, bar a few exceptions for religious and medical use. During the 1920’s the U.S government spent about $220m […]
The Puzzle of Motivation
TED Talk Dan Pink Improving employee performance is as easy as 1, 2, 3: Write an objective Define a metric Provide an incentive Then set people off to hit the goal. It is just a question of building motivation. In his entertaining TED talk Dan Pink explains why this approach destroys motivation instead of creating […]
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