Negative reinforcement has a bad reputation. Here’s what it really means, and why it can be surprisingly helpful.

You wake up in the morning, ready to enjoy the day and get things done; you feel able to move mountains. Then something goes wrong. For unknown reasons, your confidence turns into fatigue. You get ...

Motivating employees to achieve the desired behavioral outcome is an important leadership function. In a small business it is easier to assess outcomes, so your leadership tactics can be modified ...

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

Workplace motivation is based on five major theories, proposed by academics who conducted years of study before finalizing them. Each of the theories has a specific approach to the causes and effects ...