Alfie Kohn, in his book Punished by Rewards, explains to us that rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin; they are not opposites at all, and in fact have a strong kinship between them. Another author—Kurt Lewin—in his book “A dynamic Theory of Personality“, goes even further. He says that rewards and punishments are both used when … Read More
Monetary Rewards destroy relationships between people
In today’s world modern companies try to create environments where cooperation is a must between employees and departments. Alfie Kohn, in his book Punished by Rewards, goes further and states: “Cooperation does not just make tasks more pleasant; in many cases, it is virtually a prerequisite for quality”. Companies start to realize that having well-functioning teams, in which knowledge, resources … Read More
Employee reward discourage risk-taking
Thousands of companies all over the world use employee reward programs, thinking that they will motivate their employees to achieve higher productivity. Unfortunately, the effect is quite the opposite… employee reward programs tend to destroy the quality of employee performance. I want to explain this to you in my blog post. “It is better not to make merit a matter of … Read More
Providing Feedback - Awesome excuse to impose Performance Appraisals
Hi guys, some of you that follows my work knows that I love to write about Performance Appraisals. Specially now at this time of the year where everyone in companies are talking about Performance Appraisals. Every time I talk with someone about abolishing performance appraisals from the face of earth, the “feedback excuse” is always on the top of the list, … Read More