Category: incentives

Family Finances: Financial Perks for Service Members

By Sandra Block From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Mike Hunsberger, former member of the U.S. Air Force and founder of Next Mission Financial Planning, in St. Charles, Missouri, breaks it down. Question: Faced with a tough labor market, military recruiters are offering potential recruits bonuses and incentives. What should a young person consider before joining the…


The Right Ratio of Carrot-to-Stick When It Comes to Incentivizing Your Employees

By Stu Sjouwerman As a leader, you’ll figure out pretty quickly that most people are more willing to do what you ask them to do if you give them the right carrots—that is, incentives and rewards. Both psychology and economics back up this approach with nudge theory, which involves presenting positive alternative choices and aiming leaders away…


Long Beach Groups Offering `Joints for Jabs’ to Encourage COVID Vaccinations

LONG BEACH, Calif.—Looking to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations as case numbers in Los Angeles County surge upward, a community coalition in Long Beach plans to offer one free marijuana joint to the first 150 city residents 21 and older who get the jab at an upcoming one-day pop-up clinic. “Joints for Jabs LBC” is the product…