Category Behaviors

Transient Leadership – I was right AGAIN! (so tired of this…) ;-)

In 2014 I wrote a post on LinkedIn called “Is Transient Leadership The Next Big Thing?”  8 years ago. And then 2 weeks ago strategy+business blogged that organizations need to shift from command-and-control leadership to more decentralized decision-making and leadership…. Continue Reading →

What Are Your Company’s “Pool Rules”?

I subscribe to a ton of newsletters. Some I scan. Some I read. Some I pay attention to. One I always scan, read, AND pay attention to is a newsletter from Cole Schafer called “Sticky Notes.” Cole is a copywriter…. Continue Reading →

“Generation N” – Your B2B and B2C Loyalty Programs Need to Change

“This isn’t about how B2C or B2B organizations respond in times of crisis. It’s about people-to-people interactions and how organizations learn from disruption at a human level.”  ~ Brian Solis For years I’ve watched the loyalty industry (consumer and B2B)… Continue Reading →

Make A Mad Man Proud – Elevate your Channel Initiatives

I have had many conversations with marketing executives who will dismiss any kind of incentive, reward, or even loyalty programs with a wave of a Martini glass. It is beneath them to even talk about “trinkets and trash.” They think… Continue Reading →

Motivation, Incentives, and What Wimpy Knew

[Full disclosure – this is a post form 2008 but evergreen] To paraphrase Wimpy from the Popeye cartoon, “I’ll gladly reward you Tuesday for your behavior today.” Every incentive and reward program is really a trade-off between behavior and a… Continue Reading →

Broken Record … brrp… Broken Record … brrp… Broken Record

Incentive design malpractice is rampant. I’ll say it again since it is worth repeating. Incentive design malpractice is rampant. It’s easy to spot. Simply look at the way people earn commissions or award points, etc. If 100% of the criteria… Continue Reading →

Behavior Under Pressure

I remember my first DISC training session way way back. Pre-computers. Yeah – you read that right. It was a while ago. I reviewed it a bit before writing this post and it has changed over the years. DISC is… Continue Reading →

3 NON-Award Ways to Drive Participant Engagement

I have yet to meet a client who doesn’t want more audience engagement with their marketing, training, and incentive programs. Even if the data said they were getting 100% engagement my clients would still ask, “Can’t you get more?” The… Continue Reading →

Does Your Incentive Audience Have Behavioral Memory?

What is Behavioral Memory? Something I just made up. I think. I typically google any subject I am going to post about to one – make sure I didn’t post on this topic before (after 16 years of blogging you… Continue Reading →

2020 Goal Setting – Yeah… Right

I’m sure you laughed when you read that. Heck, I laughed when I wrote it. Think back to the end of 2019. There you are in a conference room or your office (remember those?) reviewing historic sales figures, thinking through… Continue Reading →

Ant or Grasshopper? Time to Choose

2020 has gone on too long. I feel like I’ve burned up 12 months of angst, anger and energy in only 6 months. It is tough – and I’m not nearly as affected as many. I can’t imagine the effort… Continue Reading →

Report The Success – Not the Metric

What do I mean by that? Simple. We are fond of reporting facts.  “X number of units sold.” “20% increase in sales.”  But what does that mean? Not much. And, as it relates to COVID-19 reporting, simple numbers generally make… Continue Reading →

Being Adult Means Being Afraid To Fail

I mentioned I was starting a new chapter and part of turning that page is I now have to be a novice in a lot of areas. Mostly in the “administrative” realm as I learn how to use the new… Continue Reading →

Not Everything Needs to be Performance-Based

Most incentive programs tie awards to performance that creates revenue or profit. But it doesn’t have to.  Sometimes it is nice to reward people for other things that may have zero impact on sales.  Maybe something that might impact the… Continue Reading →

OMG – Best.News.Letter.Ever!

I’ve mentioned Bri Williams before. She runs a consultancy in Australia and has a wonderful newsletter that I devour and save ever time it hits my inbox. I won’t lie… I steal a lot of ideas from her. But as… Continue Reading →

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