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… that scared me. I have dusted off that list and provided an updated view of my top thirteen frightening things. I’m afraid to say that after two years, there are a few still scaring the devil out of me. People who think they can change … of the Month program and think it does something valuable. Organizations that can’t figure out that the performance appraisal process is broken and can’t be fixed. People who think punishment solves problems at home and at work. Organizations … that scared me. I have dusted off that list and provided an updated view of my top thirteen frightening things. I’m afraid to say that after two years, there are a few still scaring the devil out of me. People who think they can change …
… Don’t Ask for a Raise, Part 2: Reality Check I’m glad to see this topic and the ideas I have shared recently have created such a response. … me start by saying that I’m not naïve to think that your circumstances will be such that you will never have to ask for a raise. But ideally, the best answer is to have an effective pay-for-performance system in place in your organization. The ideas and suggestions I shared in the “ Why Nadella Was Right: Don’t Ask for a Raise ” article are intended to put the emphasis on objective performance and on your true value. The message I intended to …
… time of year, but don’t be fooled and mistakenly grab a human disguised as a zombie in a botched discrimination reversal failure), or go to where there is reputedly the largest zombie population on earth: Haiti. Either way, you’ll need to refer to the latest version of “Guidelines for the Housing and Care of Zombies” (Ghoul, … healthy (does it really matter?) and happy (well…). Where you keep your zombie is your business, but I wouldn’t keep it upstairs, especially at night. (The “Guidelines” recommend a coffin buried outside.) Next, you’ll need a place to work with …
… during the period between food deliveries. Skinner labeled such behavior as "superstitious," and suggested that it maintained because of the accidental temporal closeness between whatever the pigeon was doing at the time and delivery of the … settings, and its many practical implications for treatment and behavior management generally, superstitious behavior remains a subject of considerable controversy among basic researchers. Several prominent scientists have failed to replicate …
… Why Positive Management Training Should be Part of your Company Wellness Program Most organizations understand the value in promoting employee health … it is surprising how few companies really invest in helping leaders learn positive, impactful management strategies. A training class or two is all the average manager gets. Training alone doesn’t lead to proficiency in anything least of which the complex task of managing people. It is also …
… Being Present: Some Observations about “Mindfulness” The main title of this commentary was one among many New Year’s resolutions that our local coffee shop invited customers to post … what I am doing (something I often do not label as such until I start looking for the tool). When I later need the tool again, I cannot for the life of me find it! Putting down one’s glasses or smartphone while engaging in other activities are … a sensitivity to social cues. When we speak of being mindful of something we mean that our behavior is determined by certain cues. Thus, being mindful of a friend or companion’s wishes suggests that when those wishes are expressed either by …
… Bait and Wait? In several earlier commentaries, I have discussed different aspects of shaping behavior by reinforcing successive … or “colder” as she tries to “guess” what the other children have selected for her to find or do. There are technical details of shaping not captured by the children’s game, but they pale in comparison to the similarities. Skilled shapers can … a glob of peanut butter on the lever, then installing the rat in the box. Instead of shaping the lever press, one simply waits for the rat to activate the lever, thereby releasing a food pellet, by licking the peanut butter off of the lever. …
… How to Make Training Stick: Keys to Effective Follow Up Release date September 26, 2014 Source Training Magazine Link http://www.trainingmag.com/how-make-training-stick-keys-effective-follow … Training Magazine … How to Make Training Stick: Keys to …
… or by the future? We often speak of implementing plans, looking to the future, and having goals in mind. Our behavior is said to have purpose and intention, to be pulled toward whatever future events we “have in mind.” Yet, all scientists, … subscribe to the idea that causes come before effects, not after. If we accept this, then it is not possible to explain our present actions in terms of things that have not yet happened. Explaining behavior by referring to its future consequences is called a teleological explanation, and it really doesn’t explain …
… and prizes. Getting lottery tickets is free … almost. To get a ticket, a citizen need only produce a sales receipt, containing a listing of the VAT, for an item purchased somewhere in the country. Each sales receipt turned in is worth one … for turning in a sales receipt. Intermittent reinforcement is widely recognized by behavior analysts for its ability to maintain responding, as compared to a circumstance where every response is reinforced. In this sense choosing a lottery as the …
… I guess it goes to show that people are always trying to uncover the secret sauce recipe (usually a short-cut) for what ails them or what can propel them to be better than others. The latest headline is one that encompasses some newly found … music, sports, education and the professions to see what role deliberate practice played in becoming an expert. They claim the variance explained by deliberate practice in each of these domains was 26% in games, 21% in music, 18% in sports, 4% for education and 1% …
… physical vulnerability, and his own strength in administering punishment for the offense committed by his child. Adrian said he did not mean to physically hurt the child (to the degree he did) but he justified what he did on the grounds that his … first choice to solve their problems. Unless new ways are taught with care and precision, the cycle will begin again. Punishment will, at least temporarily, stop undesired behavior. It removes any need to shape and guide. The person who … to learning how to manage behavior better. Knowing more about this science also benefits our larger society as well. Mark Twain said, “Nothing needs reforming as other people’s habits.” Aubrey Daniels’ book entitled, Other People’s Habits , …
… as “the response-produced presentation of positive reinforcers or termination of negative reinforcers (or the increase or maintenance of responding resulting from this operation)….”. He then noted that “[t]he operation is to reinforce responses, not organisms (organisms are sometimes said to be rewarded, but this term often implies other effects of stimuli than reinforcing effects).” Staddon (1993, p. 442) observed that “we cannot be certain that all the phenomena that fit the conventional definition of reinforcement (response-rate increase caused by …