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80% of Good Incentive Designers Know Social Proof Can Backfire

I spent an hour with a friend and behavioral science/behavioral investor author yesterday recording a podcast. I’ll alert you when/if it goes live. We talked about a lot of things – one of which was using social proof as a… Continue Reading →

A Thousand Ways to do Something That Will Never Work 100% of the Time

Motivation has been studied, prodded, poked and dissected since cavepeople were painting on walls. And all that effort has led to multiple theories of why people do what they do. I believe each has a modicum of value and insight… Continue Reading →

So, How’s That Diet Going? Yeah, Me Too…

The holiday is behind us. I truly hope your Thanksgiving was filled with thanks (of course), was safe, and included all the trimmings that make for great memories. And for many of you (us?) who didn’t follow our diet plans… Continue Reading →

Rule of 7 Come 11

The Rule of Seven is an old marketing adage that suggests in order for your message to have impact your audience needs to be exposed to that message at least seven times before they take action. Of course, like EVERYTHING… Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving Wish List

I’m working with the better half of Incentive Intelligence this week to put together our menu for Thanksgiving. And by extension, the grocery list. You would think after 33 years of doing Thanksgiving we’d have the list committed to memory… Continue Reading →

Things Your Incentive Program Should Never Do

Incentive programs – or more accurately – influence programs – can and should do a lot of things for you. From shaping opinion and impressions to moving behaviors and creating results, incentive/influence programs are a strategic way to achieve very… Continue Reading →

There is No Perfect Incentive Program

Every program has pros and cons. Every award rule structure is an exercise in tradeoffs. If you create a program where anyone who hits their goal gets an award you open up the program for anyone to earn – and… Continue Reading →

The Tip O’Neill Incentive Program

A good portion of incentive and reward programs for salespeople, whether corporate or channel, are focused on the company (or sponsor) awarding the audience for achieving specific sales goals or other desirable behavior-based objectives. Most likely, based on some sort… Continue Reading →

You Don’t Run Incentive Programs To Be Nice

Companies run incentive programs that use non-cash awards for very specific reasons. Most of those reasons, if not all, participants will argue with. They will argue because their objective and the company’s objective, are very different. Companies don’t run these… Continue Reading →

Trick or Treat Your Self!

If Everyone Else Jumped Off a Bridge Would You?

It’s Not the Destination – It’s the Journey

But We Were on a Break!

Some Assembly Required

Would you be willing to give your participants a portion of your incentive funds if they hit a personal goal but not their professional one?

People are Different – Are Your Rules?

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