Middle East & Africa

摘要

In an age of diversity in the workplace, one employee's dream trip can be another's exercise in drudgery. Take the example of a hardworking sales manager - a woman, in this case - who has exceeded her goals for the year. Her reward? A weeklong trip to Hawaii without her spouse or children. "Now I would have to ask, Is that a reward that will motivate greater performance?" says Christine Duffy, chairwoman of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), and the president and chief executive officer of Maritz Travel, one of the largest meeting and event management companies in the world. "For a dual income family with children where scheduling challenges abound, this is the wrong incentive to the wrong person, which means that it's no incentive at all."