Motivation (positive reinforcement at work cont. 1)

Positive Reinforcement at Work
This is important as we spend a significant amount of our lives at work, ie anything up to a 1/3 of your life at work.
There are 2 underlying purposes for work place positive reinforcement
"...1. To acknowledge a desired behaviour; and
     2. To encourage a desired behaviour......
such acts of intentionally acknowledgement and encouragement require effective leadership that is both motivating and inspiring..."
Heather S. Lonczak, 2019

One such leadership style is called transformational, ie provides motivation by inspiring employees to do their best.
"...transformational leadership is highly pertinent positive reinforcement because it is concerned with enhancing the perceived meaningfulness of work. This objective is achieved by reinforcing various types of positive behaviour, such as autonomy ( which is supported by providing employees credit for contributions at celebrating team successes); and task significance (which is supported by acknowledging individual contributions)..."
Heather S. Lonczak, 2019

Types of positive reinforcement:
- monetary compensation
- verbal feedback
- advancement opportunities
NB Ideally any reward to be something of particular value to recipient