Saturday, January 22, 2011

Rrecognition can tame a killer whale, why not humans

There are two things people want more than money and power……. Recognition and Praise.


During the next nine working days we will discuss the 9 tactics that lead to self / others motivation. The nine tactics being (1) Recognition, (2) Trust, (3) Challenge, (4) Direction and Communication, (5) Opportunity, (6) Personal Stake, (7) Freedom of Choice, (8) Incentive and (9) Association with a team or group.  http://hunt-for-motivation.blogspot.com/2011/01/motivating-others-driving-others.html 


Starting with Recognition i.e. Acknowledging people on all the good they have done, motivates them to repeat the same.


Some of us have visited the Sea world in Orlando etc, but none of us have ever thought about how are these Killer Whales trained. Yes these are Killer whales, who are doing a show infront of you. They are caught from the sea and then trained to be tame. HOW can a human train a Killer whale, suppress their instincts?


“Whale Done” a book written by Ken Blanchard (One minute manager fame), highlights how these huge killer whales (most feared predators in the ocean) are tamed to perform amazing acrobatic leaps. The trainers basically (a) accentuate the positive and (b) redirect the negative behavior. Gist being, that the trainers focus on

Recognition i.e. Whale Done i.e. Catch people doing the right things and in return the people get motivated to repeat the same over an over again.






To learn more visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbQvrwjT7yo&feature=related







Please feel free to comment / suggest / feedback.... 


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