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Tweaking the environment is about making the right behavior a little bit easier and the wrong behaviors a little bit harder. It’s that simple.
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…executives – and parents – often have more tools than they think they have. If you change the path, you’ll change the behavior.
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Many people have discovered that, when it comes time to changing their own behavior, environmental tweaks beat self-control every time.
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Habits are behavioral autopilot, and that’s why they’re such a critical tool for leaders.
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You are doing things because you see your peers do them… Behavior is contagious.
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…behavior is contagious at the individual level… and at the group level…
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…reinforcement does require you to have a clear view of the destination, and it requires you to be savvy enough to reinforce the bright spot behaviors when they happen.
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Workplace ‘shoulds’ are such powerful drivers of our beliefs and behaviors that we often go along with rules that make no sense.
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…too many companies say they stand for one thing but call on us to behave in ways that contradict the mission under pressure or in crises.
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The very outcomes we fear if we confront someone’s behavior are practically guaranteed to show up if we don’t.
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