The PROMPT: The Great Motivator for Completing Tasks

PROMPT: An important CUE or INCENTIVE — A CALL TO ACTION.

I’m amazed at how many times I’ve heard business owners and managers say, “When we ask an employee to do a certain task or action, they do it for awhile, but then forget or won’t do it consistently—sometimes, not at all!”

Here’s a recent example: One of our new software clients told me a story about how he needed an employee to fill out a special form the company had designed, which included the description and quantity of finished goods being inventoried for a customer. The employee had failed to do this consistently—so, out of frustration, my client ended up filling out the forms himself.