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Why Isn’t This Incentive Program Working?

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Incentive programs continue to be one of the most debated topics in management. Sometimes incentive programs work well. You’ve implemented a new incentive program and results go down? The post Why Isn’t This Incentive Program Working? The post Why Isn’t This Incentive Program Working?

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The Dumpster Effect

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Frontline Finance Fundamentals: How To Talk With Your Team about Money

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If they have incentive-based pay, do they really understand how it works? Does your frontline team know how your business makes money? Do they understand enough about the basic financials of your business to make the right decisions? Do you understand [.]

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In Defense of Wow: It’s Okay to Be Impressed

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Being impressed doesn’t incent laziness. Leaders who are afraid to acknowledge success lack confidence in their vision. Leaders gloss over great, looking for greater. They could have said… wow! “This idea is amazing! But, I’d better not act impressed, or they won’t strive for more.”

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Research Explores How Financial Incentives Affect CEO Behavior

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University looked at all the studies on CEO incentives for the first time. “No systematic review has been done on the effects of financial incentives to CEOs, so firm compensation committees and policymakers have had no evidence to inform their decisions,” the researchers explain.

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Leading Thoughts for August 15, 2024

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Morgan Housel on incentives: “No matter how much information and context you have, nothing is more persuasive than what you desperately want or need to be true.” Source: Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You II.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

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Mixed Signals : How Incentives Really Work by Uri Gneezy Incentives send powerful signals that aim to influence behavior. But often there is a conflict between what we say and what we do in response to these incentives. The result: mixed signals.

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