When you have a task for your boss, do you rush right out and do it? Or how about your employees, do they rush out and complete a task right when you assign it to them?

Perhaps the first couple of times you will run out and work diligently to complete your task. The people under you will hustle and strive for perfection. But if conditions seem unaffected, then it can get old fast.

What I’m getting at here is a rewards system. If people don’t enjoy or benefit from working on a project it makes little to no sense for them to continue at full steam.

It is hard to link somebody’s effort directly to their reward as the outcome may not be the desired one for the company’s owner or shareholders.

Ben Franklin came up with a linking system to make it a little easier.

Ben proposed linking the effort to the performance. From there he linked performance to reward. Using this it not only keeps your employees working hard, but it also allows them to be rewarded.

This concept is from the book, “Ben Franklin’s 12 Rules of Management.” Check it out.