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Yesterday’s post was about “reward velocity”, with the point being that good program design looks for smaller, incremental opportunities to reward and engage with the program participants. Those events keep the program visible in the work and life flow of… Continue Reading →
Something that I find too often ignored until late in the incentive program design phase that will have a big impact on the program structure is something called “reward velocity”. Reward velocity is pretty much what it says – how… Continue Reading →
[Note: videos included – may not show in email subs – click through here to see videos] It’s that time of year. Gather round young people – you Gen Z, Gen Y, Gen LMNOP, to hear the story of Festivus…. Continue Reading →
In the past clients who bought incentive programs typically paid for atoms. What that means is they paid for printed communications pieces, reports, merchandise and other awards. The budget was straight forward. $100 cost on the TV – they paid… Continue Reading →
You might hear someone quoting Alfie Kohn someday. They’ll be telling you incentives don’t work. That they crush intrinsic motivation. They’ll quote his studies about offering incentives to children to read and how it led to less reading because they… Continue Reading →
We value strategy and strategic thinkers. How often do you hear things like, “that person is really strategic” as if that was the ultimate level on some hierarchy of business value? I call BS on that. Strategy is important. It… Continue Reading →
Domino’s Pizza offers insurance. If your pizza gets ruined after you pick it up, they replace it free. You probably have insurance on your car, your home, your life! But I find it very interesting that most clients won’t buy… Continue Reading →
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 →
Incentive programs reward people for hitting specific goals. Typically, you announce the requirements and as your audience performs and hit the specified hurdles, they earn awards – points, credits, what have you. The points earned can be redeemed for merchandise,… Continue Reading →
I love being engaged on my job. I don’t think I’ve ever been more engaged. Mostly because I directly see (and hear) the value I’m adding to the company. I’ve had other employees say they are happy I’m at the… Continue Reading →
Because it is 2018. That’s why. Writing another post on employee engagement would be like writing a post about why fire is good. Or why electricity is good. I think they’ve actually changed the opening scene of Animal House to… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I get busy writing for other people and don’t get a chance to support my own blog. This is one of those weeks. I had two posts go live this week on different sites. I must of been in… Continue Reading →
Holding the envelope to my forehead, the large turban perched atop my head I read these words – Austin Powers, Gandhi and Your Mom. I pull envelope down, rip the short edge of the envelope off and blow into it… Continue Reading →
Unfortunately, I’ve been to funerals. I’ll wager you have too. Common to most is the “memory lane” exercise, where a family member, friend or religious representative, walks through the life and times of the deceased. For one funeral I attended… Continue Reading →
