Reward Your People
written by Sandy - September 28th, 2011 at 10:41 am
The importance of personal growth
A message from Sandy. From John Maxwell’s book Developing the Leaders Around You, he discusses the importance of rewarding behaviors and qualities you value.
Educational psychologist E.L. Thorndyke did work in behavior modification around the turn of the century. It led him to discover what he called the Law of Effect. Simply stated, it is this, ” Behaviors immediately rewarded increase in frequency; behaviors immediately punished decrease in frequency.”
Several years ago John Maxwell developed a list of behaviors and qualities that he expected from the people in his organization, and he determined he would reward those behaviors. He called it the RISE program:
Rewards
Indicating
Staff
Expectations
In other words, he decided to give rewards to staff members to indicate they were meeting or exceeding expectations. The qualities he valued most highly and he rewarded are—– a positive attitude, loyalty, personal growth, leadership reproduction, and creativity. Notice that personal growth is on the list. You will find that once you set up a positive reward system for achieving the right goals, your people will become their own best managers, and will develop as leaders.
Reward your people according to the qualities you value.
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