carrot and stick
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a type of system that rewards individuals for some of their actions and punishes or threatens them for some of their other actions
Idiom
Informal
Exempel
The company implemented a carrot-and-stick approach to boost employee performance by offering bonuses for meeting targets and issuing warnings for underperformance.
In parenting, using a carrot and stick strategy can help children learn and behave by offering rewards for good behavior and consequences for misbehavior.
