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Positive Reinforcement – What & How You Say It (Biopsy Results)

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Mar 4, 2013

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, employee engagement, Employee Recognition, positive reinforcement, Q12, Gallup's Q12 Employee Engagement Survey

Positive Reinforcement & Employee Appreciation - How to Respond?

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 12, 2012

Many of our biggest issues in the workplace stem from a lack of appreciation of our fellow workers.  Just this past week one of my clients faced a challenging dilemma.  His team of support staff had put in an extraordinary amount of hours to reach a priority they’d set for the quarter.  They’d truly knocked the goal out of the park on one of their priorities while reaching 94% (goal was 100%) on another timeline that required them to get information to their clients on another.  The second priority wasn’t something that their customers were asking for however it was a benchmark everyone agreed upon to indicate their work was done without any loose ends. 

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, employee performance, monthly meetings, positive reinforcement, How to Motivate Employees

The Sandwich – Not Positive Reinforcement

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Sun, Oct 7, 2012

Most of us enjoy a good sandwich.  You probably even have your favorite sandwich, and favorite place to eat it.  A favorite method of constructive criticism that is widely taught in basic supervisory training is called the “sandwich.” 

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Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement, human behavior

Verbal Eraser Destroys Positive Reinforcement

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Oct 3, 2012

Have you ever had your spouse, a supervisor or manager say something like the following to you?  “Doug you did a great job on …., but you really need to work on…...” 

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Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, Aubrey Daniels, meeting rhythms, positive reinforcement

Three Sources of Positive Reinforcement and One You’re Overlooking

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Sep 26, 2012

We’ve discussed positive reinforcement many times in this blog including my last one on Grandma’s Rule and How the Best Managers and Leaders Deliver Positive Reinforcement

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Topics: Bringing Out the Best In People, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement, Management-Related Reinforcement

Positive Reinforcement: Grandma’s Rule Gets Me Home Again

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Sep 24, 2012

Thursday of last week my Doctor used Grandma’s rule for positive reinforcement on me to ensure I was able to go home on Friday.   “As long as you don’t get a fever or have any other complications overnight, we’ll be sending you home tomorrow.” He offered. 

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Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, Bringing Out the Best In People, Aubrey Daniels, positive reinforcement

Employee Feedback Opportunities

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 10, 2011

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Topics: Employee Feedback, weekly meetings, positive reinforcement, priorities, Balance

Leaderships’ Role In Employee Feedback

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Oct 6, 2011

Aubrey Daniels in Bringing Out the Best in People insists leaderships’ role in the employee feedback loop is, “… is not to find fault or place blame, but to analyze why people are behaving as they are, and modify the consequences to promote the behavior they need.”

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Topics: Strategic Discipline, leadership, positive reinforcement, Balance

Two Employee Feedback Myths

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Oct 3, 2011

Usually during tough times managers get tough.  They succumb to the pressure and use more punishment and negative reinforcement.   Why is this a recipe for disaster? If both positive and negative reinforcement get results why should we care? 

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Topics: Employee Feedback, employee performance, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement

Why Positive Reinforcement Starts at the Top

Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Sep 29, 2011

Where does positive reinforcement need to start in your organization?

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Topics: employee performance, positive reinforcement, Rockefeller Habits Checklist

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