{"id":3839,"date":"2024-07-23T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenea.ir\/leadership-technique-dont-give-rewards-regularly\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:31:05","slug":"leadership-technique-dont-give-rewards-regularly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenea.ir\/en\/leadership-technique-dont-give-rewards-regularly\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLeadership technique: Don\u2019t give rewards regularly!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Scientists conducted an interesting experiment on the reward mechanism.<\/strong> They conditioned two pigeons so that after pecking a rod, they would receive food \u2014 but with one difference: The first pigeon received food after exactly three pecks. The second pigeon sometimes received food after two pecks, sometimes after three, sometimes after five, or even more.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Then the scientists stopped giving food altogether. What happened?<\/strong> The first pigeon tried a few times with its usual three pecks, and when nothing appeared, it quickly gave up. But the second pigeon \u2014 which had never received food on a fixed schedule \u2014 kept pecking for much longer. It tried two pecks, then five, then three, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Through many experiments on pigeons and later on humans, scientists tried to identify the best reward system in workplaces.<\/strong> The conclusion of all these studies was: <strong>\u201cGive rewards irregularly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f Naturally, rewards should be given for an employee\u2019s <em>excellent idea or action<\/em>, but behavioral scientists say rewards should <strong>not<\/strong> be tied to a <em>fixed number<\/em> of excellent actions. Nor should excellent actions go unrewarded. In the first case (rewarding after a fixed number of good actions), two things happen:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>First<\/strong>, what you give today as a reward \u2014 something exciting and motivating \u2014 soon becomes an <em>expected entitlement<\/em> and loses its motivational power.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Second<\/strong>, if there is any delay in giving the expected reward, the <em>employee conditioned to a fixed reward schedule<\/em> stops their positive behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>In the second case (giving no rewards), it is obvious that there will be no motivation to continue positive performance.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Therefore, managers are advised to make their reward system irregular.<\/strong> For example, an employee may receive a reward once after <em>five<\/em> positive actions, next time twice in a row for <em>one<\/em> positive action each time, and another time after <em>three<\/em> positive actions, and so on. This way: \u2013 The boundary between salary and reward becomes clear. \u2013 And if a delay occurs in the reward system, the employee will not stop their positive behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf1f <strong>Remember:<\/strong> As a manager, you must motivate your team \u2014 and <em>irregular rewards<\/em> are one scientifically proven way to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf1f Scientists conducted an interesting experiment on the reward mechanism. They conditioned two pigeons so that after pecking a rod, they would receive food \u2014 but with one difference: The first pigeon received food after exactly three pecks. 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