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We Do Incentives The Old Fashioned Way – We “EARN” Them
I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of times I’m seeing the word “winners” and “win” in reference to incentive and reward programs. FTR ( for the record for those in Rio Linda, (FTIRL) ) no one “wins” an incentive. No one “wins” a reward. They EARN THEM! Winning connotes chance – like a lottery. [...]
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The First Of Many? Incentive Companies Due for Rebranding
I’ve argued in too many posts and in too many discussions that quite a few players in the incentive space focus on the award they deliver and not the real benefit they provide. That may be changing. Incentives, rewards, recognition all drive behavior. When a company starts thinking about incentives and rewards they don’t start [...]
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Risk Kills Behavior Change
If you’re getting this update via RSS or email – great. That means we did everything right. If you’re not getting it… wait… you won’t be reading this if that’s the case… uh, oh. This weekend we left our old site behind and clicked the “you can’t go back now, hope you did it right [...]
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This Just In: Oxygen Good for You and Recognition Is Good for Employees
That’s right – oxygen is good for you. In fact if you don’t have it you die. Oxygen is critical for: Breathing Living Cleaning tough stains out of your laundry (ask Billy Mays) Now that you know about oxygen – go breathe some and feel better. And then repeat. Stay tuned – ‘cuz next week [...]
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Wanna Hear a Podcast on Incentives? Sure You Do…
Reading is so 2010. Listening is all the rage now with kids. You need to jump on board. Over on TLNT.com today is a 26 minute podcast I did with Lance Haun (@theLance.) We cover the incentive industry, why HR is more interested in rewards today – why engagement is key to success and how that has affected how [...]
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What I Learned From @SBrowneHR Yesterday – Old School Still Good School
One week from today I’ll be rolling into Sandusky, Ohio – home of Cedar Point – winner of the “Golden Ticket Award” as the best amusement park in the world and of course…the 2011 Ohio SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) meeting. While I won’t be rollin in like Guy Fieri in a cherry 1967 [...]
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Why Pay For Program Design?
I have about 200 or so google alerts set up to monitor the web for phrases, words, companies, ideas, whatever, to keep me informed of what’s going on. I saw this the other day on Freelancer.com and I was a bit dumbstruck. Freelancer.com is a site where you can post a job and ask for [...]
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When Do You Present Point Values To Participants?
Thinking about the “normal” incentive program process today. The “normal” process looks something like this (your mileage may vary…) Announce program with flashy four-color printed brochure – or if you live in the 2000’s an html email with a link to a website that is just as flashy. Follow up with monthly mailings – or [...]
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