Tag: incentives
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#1 Thing Incentive Programs Get Wrong
As I make the transition to the new site I will be publishing updates here that link to the new site and once again urge you to subscribe to updates from the new site. I hope you do subscribe and hope this isn’t too much of a pain for you. Consider subscribing to the the…
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Should You Pay Employees Extra for Working on Special Organizational Projects?
Somewhat recently (sorry – I’m a bit backlogged) a question came up on one of my HR-focused discussion groups in Facebook. The poster was seeking ideas on how to compensate employees for being part of a company effort described as… “…a pretty large scale conversion with two of the major systems that our employees use.…
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Which Video Game Are You? Take Our Quiz and Get Whitepaper on Incentives & Games
“If you were a video game which game would you be?” No. This isn’t a trick interview question from Gryzzl or some other high tech company. It’s a question we’re asking related to our newest whitepaper “Unleash an Epic Incentive Program: Leveraging the Power of Game Design.” Click the link and take a quick, 5-question quiz,…
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Put an ACE up your sleeve when designing incentive programs…
There are a million things to consider when designing an effective incentive program. But at a very high level you want to do three things… Get your audience to accept and commit to the program. Find a way to have your audience become owners of the program. You don’t want them to think the program…
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Take me to the pilot… Good Incentive Design
Incentive programs are sometimes more art than science. I think that is due to a variety of studies that contradict each other and gurus who do the same. That tension creates “gray” areas and they get filled with the “art” part of the design. The contradiction starts with the “incentives destroy intrinsic motivation” camp –…
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The Only 2 Incentives You Really Have to Think About
If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me “what incentive should I run to help me grow my business?” I’d have enough nickels to buy something really expensive. If I had a dollar for every time I’d been asked that I’d be on the beach not answering this question anymore. But the…