Sentences with phrase «than a reward of»

Researchers have even found that leading by example and exposing your little to a particular food many times is more effective than a reward of cartoon stickers.

«Other than the reward of knowing the animals made it safely to their destination and will live much better lives, there are few positives,» she says.

Not exact matches

A recent survey found that for more than 80 percent of small - business owners, the rewards outweigh the challenges.

These observers contend that comp time can be a sensitive (and economical) way of rewarding employees for extra help at crunch times, especially since many workers have come to value time off even more than increased pay.

It's hard to convince small business owners that if they work extra hard or take on additional risk to expand their businesses, that the government is entitled to more than half of the rewards.

One client of my software company, BigDoor, is Starbucks, whose My Starbucks Rewards program has more than 16 million users.

To become a destination for innovative professionals, take a cue from some of the tech industry greats: Google, Apple and Facebook know the key to attracting the best people is creating a space where creativity is rewarded, collaboration is encouraged and mistakes are seen as learning opportunities rather than failures.

He adds that ultimately this way of doing business is much richer and more satisfying than the current model because it thrusts together highly talented people for shorter periods of time «-- and holds out loftier goals and richer rewards.

Earlier this year, for example, it launched a program in which more than 420 of its most active and influential community members sell products to their friends and followers; in turn, they receive a cut of the profits, as well as rewards that include sneak previews of products and trips to New York to visit Glossier and have dinner with Weiss.

It even wades into parenting and schooling: praising and rewarding our children for reaching solutions rather than for their effort, Tugend writes, stigmatizes mistakes from the earliest stages of socialization.

But it's actually worse than just a lack of accountability, because rather than ding management for these failures, boards reward management for these missteps.

So rather than tying a reward directly to profitability, he figured out the number of calling hours needed for a turnaround.

But for those firms lucky enough to hit upon a major blockbuster — typically defined as any drug with annual sales of more than $ 1 billion — the rewards can be handsome.

Consistently making every attempt to understand the behavior of associates, customers, friends and family rather than automatically assuming that you know what happened or what someone else is thinking will yield significant and enduring rewards.

That said, this manual from San Francisco — based green cleaning supplies maker Method Products rewards more than most of its peers — and not just because the book is informed by the company's enthusiasm for design.

Amplifying these tactics without a handful of effective tools will require more effort than the rewards are worth.

«We feel that this kind of investing at this part of the cycle gives us much better risk reward than let's say the broad beta,» or the broader market's return, she said.

The reward for the wealthy is partly a result of a worldwide market rally — the S&P 500 Index rose more than 16 %, while the Nasdaq increased 17 %.

«I think that's one of the reasons why this product has been so successful, because there are few things more rewarding than watching people taste it for the first time and say: «Oh, this is really good.»»

Despite all the changes in technology and the fact that they should be looking at end products rather than face time, managers still reward the early birds and consider late risers as slackers, regardless of actual work done.

More than half of rewards program memberships are inactive, according to new data.

«(It) reveals how our economies are rewarding wealth rather than the hard work of millions of people,» Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam «s executive director, told Reuters Television.

However, the potential rewards of IoT for business are so significant, they more than justify the efforts to keep your business and its data secure.

«It may be that film or technology products are aiming for more breakthrough products or are offering more complicated rewards (a completed movie or gadget, rather than a band t - shirt), and are thus at a higher risk of failure,» says Mollick.

In any case, Gordon says that items with high perceived value resonate 74 percent better with employees than other types of rewards.

Buying single stocks in search of the next unicorn is certainly more fun than a diversified low - cost investment strategy, but trying to win big comes with a lot of unnecessary risks and questionable rewards.

Munger has since said that he thinks the adoption of electric cars will take longer than many think, but he said he has plenty of faith in Chuan - Fu, and he and Buffett have been rewarded for that.

One popular example is the story of DropBox, which through the use of a reward referral program acquired more than 200 million users in only a few short years.

For fans of stand - up comedy, few careers have been more frustrating (though equally rewarding) than Dave Chappelle's.

Senior employees may not find the idea of every worker receiving unlimited vacation days very rewarding — after all, they worked hard for their positions within the company, and may feel they deserve greater perks than new hires.

«If you believe passionately, act with integrity and take personal ownership of the impact of your decisions, have the ability to look at yourself in the eyes and admit when you are wrong, the rewards are that much greater than if you never had the courage to make bold moves, affect transformation, or ultimately strive to have a positive impact on your life as well as the life of others.

But the point is to reward them for something more real than merely meeting the expectations of analysts.

You're better off teaching your customers how to use your product (such as Dropbox's rewarding users with 250 megabytes of extra storage if they take a tour of the basics of the service) than chasing some new person who doesn't even care.

Critics of the tax reform, which also cut corporate tax rates in the U.S., suggested that companies would reward their shareholders rather than investing more money into the American economy with their newly - homebound cash.

Today I Love Rewards has programs running in Mexico, Egypt and parts of Europe, and to his surprise Suleman has found sales in other countries, especially the U.S., easier than in Canada.

It's almost as if I enjoy the journey, the process, the anticipation of an outcome more than the reward itself because, once I get the reward, I know the journey is over.

«Rather than shifting risk onto workers, Uber may well be creating a new market, with a new allocation of risk and reward.

TD put up $ 100 million to steal away Aeroplan, off ering a 15 % higher fee per reward mile than CIBC currently pays when customers use one of its Aeroplan - branded credit cards.

Since donation and reward sites like Kickstarter are large mass - market platforms that allow anyone older than 18 to participate, a mass of potential early - adopter consumers vet companies» products and services before venture capitalists and other investors decide to perform their own due diligence.

The Platinum Card is more or less the flagship premium travel card, offering rewards, perks, and benefits that can net a ton of value for travelers — for instance, I got more than $ 2,000 from the card my first year with it.

Sure enough, participants who had seen the messy environment said they were more motivated to reach the end of the reward program than those who had seen the tidy environment or the neutral pictures.

Investopedia: «An individual who, rather than working as an employee, runs a small business and assumes all the risk and reward of a given business venture, idea, or good or service offered for sale.

Rather than go there, first emphasize all of the non-monetary rewards you can offer like invaluable experience, schedule flexibility, and the opportunity to move up the company ladder.

WalletHub editors also compared more than 1,000 credit cards by looking at their rewards, rates and fees to come up with a list of the top cards.

Another way to engage more fully with a contractor, Clark suggest, is to make tasks scaled or laddered — in other words, give them a minimum amount of work to accomplish, but also set a high bar, and hold out the possibility of additional compensation, to reward the contractor if he or she is able to achieve more than you expect.

The emotion part involves getting people angry in general about Iran and relies on a popular misconception that the JCPOA is some kind of reward or act of generosity to Iran rather than a restriction on, and evidence of mistrust of, Iran.

Moreover, females expressed a stronger desire that their loyalty be acknowledged with recognition, rather than blanket material rewards, implying that a company should have knowledge of them as individuals and that each of them has a relationship with the brand.

I would say that that creates much more of a commitment to the behaviors than the ultimate rewards.

It's a (mostly) short term, higher risk, higher reward place to invest cash that has a low correlation with the stock market, but is far more passive than buying and managing properties, has more opportunity for diversification than private placements (minimums of 5 - 10K, rather than 100K), and most of the equity offerings (and all of the debt offerings) provide monthly or quarterly incomes.

Morgan Stanley shares jumped more than 23 percent in each of the past three years as investors rewarded Gorman's plan to rely more on wealth management for stable earnings.