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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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The Power of Small Wins
Amabile, Teresa M.; Kramer, Steven J.Article HBS-R1105C-EService and Operations ManagementWhat is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and perceptions that is critical to performance) than making progress in meaningful work. If a person is motivated and happy at the end of the workday, it's a good bet that he or she ach...Starting at €8.20
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The Power of Small Wins (Spanish version)
Amabile, Teresa M.; Kramer, Steven J.Article HBS-R1105CService and Operations ManagementWhat is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and perceptions that is critical to performance) than making progress in meaningful work. If a person is motivated and happy at the end of the workday, it's a good bet that he or she ach...Starting at €8.20
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At the End of the Day: Managing for Meaningful Progress--Every Day
Kramer, Steven J.; Amabile, Teresa M.Book Chapter HBS-8607BC-ELeadership and People ManagementEmployees who are supported both emotionally and professionally experience more positive inner work lives and are more motivated, creative, and productive. According to organizational behavior experts Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer, to deliver that support effectively and to provide it where it's most needed, managers must stay attuned to their team's progress--and their inner work lives--every day. This chapter offers an invaluable "Daily Prog...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2010
Amabile, Teresa M.; Kramer, Steven J.; Dixon, Ronald , M.D.; Candell, Lawrence M.; Bonabeau, Eric; Bingham, Alpheus; Schacht, Aaron; Hidary, Jack D.; Litan, Robert E.; Mitchell, Lesa; Jensen, Bill; Klein, Josh; Mullainathan, Sendhil; Romer, Paul; Ross, CarneArticle HBS-R1001A-EHBR's annual ideas collection, compiled in cooperation with the World Economic Forum, offers 10 fresh solutions with the potential for a huge positive impact on business and the world. Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer reveal what their research shows is the true key to employee motivation-and it's not what most managers focus on providing. Ronald Dixon proposes that the real performance breakthrough in health care will come when the medical...Starting at €8.20