Tonight we had the chance to watch our grand-niece's swim meet, and it must have been the smell of the chlorine that triggered so many wonderful memories of the sport I love. Swimming was a big part of my life for 12 years, having been a competitive swimmer from about 9 years old until I … Continue reading I Miss Those Days
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You Get the Behavior You Reward
A basic tenet of management is that you get the behavior that you reward. The problem is that many times there are unintended consequences associated with the behavior that you get, and it ends up undermining the ultimate objective the reward was meant to encourage. For example, I tell my students that I could guarantee … Continue reading You Get the Behavior You Reward