Spread Trading

Copyright 2006 The National Learning Institute

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Betting Exchange Spread But (and in this case it's a big "but") do incentives work? Do they motivate people? On the cover of their book they suggest "Assume nothing - question everything", and I'm taking them up on this challenge. I agree that incentives work - they can change people's behaviour. However, what do you get when you introduce incentives (even those that include the three components)? Incentives produce compliance, they do not produce commitment. The second thing that happens once incentives are introduced, is that they need to be repeated! And repeated, and repeated! Once started they cannot be stopped - a right given is a right expected.

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Arbitrage Spread Trading The first item, "people selection and training" is the topic of a future article. In previous articles ("Are Your Employees Motivated?" and "Have You Been Appreciated Lately?" - http://www.nationallearninginstitute.com/) I have clearly laid out the case for item three, "recognition". In the remainder of this article, I'd like to focus on the "values match".

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College Football Betting . People leave organisations because of poor management and leadership (not as you might expect for a better job or more money - these things generally come after they have decided to leave)

Betting Financial Risk Spread . People stay in the organisation (assuming management and leadership are o.k.) because they share the same values as those they work with and of the organisation.

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Betting Point Spread In discussions with a teacher recently, she mentioned that her principal was always focussing on problem students. For example, during break periods in the staff room, the principal would continually ask teachers about the problems they were having with students. This encouraged a values match within the teachers that suggested the best way to get noticed by the principal was to bring up "problem" students in discussions with him. The values match informally being reinforced by the principal here was a negative one of "problems". This contrasts quite dramatically with the experience of my own children who each had the fortune to have as a principal someone who encouraged a positive values match. He would regularly be seen in the grounds talking with students during breaks about what they were interested in. When he visited a classroom or made formal presentations to students, he continually focussed on positive things that particular students had done (these were not the standard awards, but rather behaviour, special interests, sport, academic and so on). He knew the interests (and values) of the students from his informal discussions with them and made a point of asking each teacher what were the positive things that their students were doing.

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Spread Betting Uk Bob Selden is a manager, trainer and parent. As Managing Director of the National Learning InstituteT he often helps managers and particularly new managers, with the perennial question "How do I motivate my people?". If you'd like to discuss your answers to this question, or pose it again in your own circumstances, or find out more about the "Ideal World" exercise, please contact Bob via http://www.nationallearninginstitute.com

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Betting Company Germany In Bob Selden is the Managing Director of the National Learning Institute. He has been an HRD consultant for over 30 years, prior to which he was a line manager in a financial organisation. He is an Australian currently living in Switzerland and is a part time member of faculty at the International Management Development Institute in Lausanne and the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney. You can contact Bob at http://www.nationallearning.com.au/

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