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Creativity and the Role of the Leader (Spanish version)
Amabile, Teresa M.; Khaire, MuktiArticle HBS-R0810GStrategyThe leader's job is not to be the source of ideas but to encourage and champion ideas. Leaders must tap the imagination of employees at all ranks and ask inspiring questions. They also need to help their organizations incorporate diverse perspectives, which spur creative insights, and facilitate creative collaboration by, for instance, harnessing new technologies. The participants shared tactics for enabling discoveries, as well as thoughts on h...Starting at €8.20
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Shared Views and Common Choices: Who Is Generation Y, and What Does that Mean for Your Career
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7813BC-EIt is not easy to pin down Generation Y. This is due to a number of factors - how global Y's are, their vastly different socioeconomic starting points, and intense desire for individuality. In this chapter, the author reviews the characteristics that define this generation - how Y's see themselves, what they value, and what they want from work -identifying traits that influence the career path and choices of Generation Y. This chapter is excerpt...Starting at €8.20
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Identify Your Preferences: Generation Y--Shaping Your Personal Career Strategy
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7815BC-EThere is a clear link between understanding what you love and identifying tangible elements of the work environment that would be best for you. What is the deciding factor in your job search? In this chapter, the author describes six archetypes of work-related passions and preferred relationships. She also includes an exercise to help you determine which of the six rates highest for you. This chapter is excerpted from "Plugged In: The Generation...Starting at €8.20
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The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Foster Engagement and High Performance at Work
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8595BC-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you get the best out of the people in your organization? According to organizational behavior experts Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, the secret to fostering amazing performance is empowering talented people to succeed and progress at meaningful work. This chapter introduces the authors' foundational idea--the Progress Principle--and shows how you can use it to support the inner work lives of your employees, bringing out their joy, deep ...Starting at €8.20
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Scenes from the Organizational Trenches: Understanding Your Employees' Inner Work Life--And Its Impact on Morale, Productivity, and Performance
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8596BC-ELeadership and People ManagementIf your company is going through tough times, it's easy to blame uncertain economic conditions, an upstart competitor, or a rogue accountant's scandal. But the real reason may be employee dissatisfaction--and your failure to acknowledge or address this problem can cause it to fester and infect the whole organization. By telling the true story of the demise of a once-successful company, organizational behavior experts Teresa Amabile and Steven Kra...Starting at €8.20
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The Inner Work Life Effect: How Inner Work Life Drives Performance--Why Joy Is a Better Motivator Than Stress
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8598BC-ELeadership and People ManagementTo make your employees more effective, do you galvanize their performance by throwing down a challenge, creating a sense of competition and stress to bring out their toughness and creativity? Or do you give them work that they enjoy and create a culture of support? Based on a detailed study that examined daily workplace diaries from individuals at seven different companies, organizational behavior experts Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer decisive...Starting at €8.20
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The Progress Principle: The Power of Meaningful Accomplishment--How Supporting Your Employees' Daily Progress Leads to High Performance
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8604BC-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat motivates your employees? When asked, most managers cite recognition, tangible incentives, and clear work goals. But very few mention actual progress in the work and how they should support it as a means of motivating their people. In this chapter, organizational behavior experts Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain why making progress is so central to good inner work life and high-level performance--and that the key to leveraging this P...Starting at €8.20
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The Catalyst Factor: The Power of Project Support--How Helping Your Employees to Do Their Work Builds a Culture of Engagement and High Performance
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8605BC-ELeadership and People ManagementGreat managers deliberately create catalysts that facilitate the timely, creative, high-quality completion of their employees' work. Catalysts are critical because beyond their direct effect on the specific project at hand, they positively affect the inner work lives of employees, in turn spurring higher levels of motivation, engagement, and performance across all their work. (For example, consider an employee who has had a request for a new comp...Starting at €8.20
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The Nourishment Factor: The Power of Interpersonal Support--How Fostering Positive Human Connections Drives Progress at Work
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8606BC-EEveryone craves human connection at work. We want others to respect, recognize, care for, and enjoy us. When they do, we revel in the positive emotions of joy, pride, and even love--and we're motivated to contribute our best. Over time, these inner work life reactions to what organizational behavior experts Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer call "nourishers" in fact fuel superior performance. As a manager and a team leader, you can inspire top per...Starting at €8.20
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Reinvent Your Career and Your Life: Doing What You Want--Career Strategies for Boomers
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5093BC-ELeadership and People ManagementToday, far too many Boomers find themselves begrudgingly sticking with their current employers. But in an age of unprecedented opportunities for this generation of workers, this needn't ever happen. This chapter discusses strategies for tapping into and realizing what you want out of life and career, whether you hope to continue traditional work, branch out into nonprofit or volunteer work, or focus on family. This chapter is excerpted from "Ret...Starting at €8.20