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Article: Rule #1: Never Reward on Autopsy! When the Body Is in the Morgue, It's Too Late to Help the Crime Victim - And Too Late to Reward Employees for Performance Improvement.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 21, 2003
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HASTINGS, Minn., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a scene that plays out often on TV crime shows. Hard-boiled detectives of the criminal investigation unit show up at the morgue. The body of the victim is lying on a cold slab, draped in a sheet, one foot sticking out with a label tied to the big toe. It's autopsy time.
Put that image in your mind and you'll have mastered a key principle of performance improvement programs. Try putting this simple statement on the toe tag of the image you conjure: Never reward on autopsy.
Just as it's far too late for the crime victim, it's far too late for the employees you are trying to motivate. Your performance ...