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What Santa can teach you about motivating your employees

By Paul Marciano on December 21st, 2011 | 137144 comments on this posthttp%3A%2F%2Fsmartblogs.com%2Fleadership%2F2011%2F12%2F21%2Fwhat-santa-can-teach-you-about-motivating-your-employees%2FWhat+Santa+can+teach+you+about+motivating+your+employees2011-12-21+15%3A00%3A00Guest+Bloggerhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmartblogs.com%2Fleadership%2F%3Fp%3D13714

This post is by Paul Marciano, author of “Carrots and Sticks Don’t Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT.” Follow him on Twitter @drpaulmarciano.

Rewards may be effective in motivating the neighborhood kids to find your missing dog, but when it comes to motivating your employees, they fail miserably. In fact, most traditional reward and recognition programs lead to an overall decrease in employee morale and productivity, with “Employee of the Month” programs serving as the poster child of bad ideas.[…] Continue Reading »

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