NBC had a segment on Today called, Paying for Good Behavior. Jane Chatzky, Matt Lauer and the companies discussed need to have a better understanding of positive reinforcement. Money can certainly be a motivator under some circumstances. Whether it is the most effective or efficient in the cases discussed is the issue. In some of the cases they are a waste of money and time and in others they create more problems than they solve. Would anyone start smoking so that they could get money for stopping?
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July 27, 2010 at 7:06 pm
My wife’s company has decided to use a contest to motivate people to join one of their new programs. I told her that contests are a poor way to motivate people that they are really only good where there are BIG prizes like a car or trip to Hawaii. Am I right?
JSB