What Gets Reinforced

“What gets reinforced gets repeated,” I said. “That’s why measurement and feedback loops are so important.

“Here is the insight. Most managers focus their time before the behavior. Most managers provide training and give lectures on the way things should be done and then wonder why they don’t get the desired behavior. Most managers think their biggest influence on behavior occurs before the behavior.

“The payoff, the big influence is after the desired behavior occurs. That’s when to pay the most attention. What gets reinforced gets repeated.”

One thought on “What Gets Reinforced

  1. don

    Any behavior or improvement visions require an individual
    with the specific responsibility of seeing the team is implementing with in the organization,
    i don’t think this responsibility should be assigned to one in which this individual is also
    required to improve a behavior, because in crises they will go beck to old behavior

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