Motivational Tool: Incentive programs motivate employees to be more productive and consequentially increase the company’s earnings.
Promoting Teamwork: members of teams that earn bonus according to collective productivity may support and encourage each other to perform at top levels.
Morale Boosters: if employees see a direct correlation between effort and earnings morale and job satisfaction increases while turnover and absenteeism decreases.
Service Levels: employees competing for or striving to meet the goals of an incentive plan may provide higher degrees of service to your customers.
May Encourage Deception: Employees may look for ways to make their performance appear to be good when it isn’t.
Misaligned Incentives: poorly conceived ones may incentivize risky and irresponsible behavior that undermines the mission of the company.
Can Lead to Conflict: iI competitive workplaces with limited rewards, employees may engage in bad behavior to get ahead or become convinced that pursuing incentives is a zero-sum proposition and become resentful.
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7 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In any company, no matter how large or small, time is money. Mastering the art of getting things done (a.k.a., productivity) thus proves very important to creating and maintaining success.
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