Q:

Friendly reminders for people who don't lock laptops

My bosses have tasked me with coming up with a kind of "friendly reminder" card that we can leave on the desks of folks where we see they've walked away without locking their workstation and we have to lock it. 
Has anyone else ever had to do something like this or do you have like a template email you have to send to people? The idea is to educate without coming off as overtly punitive. 
Thanks in advance!

A:

Those cards will be seen as punitive no matter how well you phrase them.
There's another way: cards for those who locked their machines! 
Punishing behavior you don't want won't always mean that you will get what you do want. You might just get less of that undesired behavior (e.g. people hiding their unlocked machines or other such nonsense). 
But if you reward the behavior you want then you will see more of that behavior. 
Just a simple card will do, and I'd toss in a small candy or some other small reward. 
Say "Thank you!", not "Ya done screwed up!"

