Informationen zum Autor Teresa Amabile is a professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School. The author of numerous articles and books, including Creativity in Context , she has long studied creativity, motivation, and performance in the workplace. Steven Kramer is a developmental psychologist and has co-authored a number of articles in leading management periodicals, including Harvard Business Review and the Academy of Management Journal . Klappentext Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, "The Progress Principle" equips aspiring and seasoned leaders alike with the insights they need to maximize their people's performance. Zusammenfassung What really sets the best managers above the rest? It's their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives - positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. This book explains seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees' inner work lives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Scenes from the Organizational Trenches 2. The Dynamics of Inner Work Life 3. Inner Work Life Drives Performance 4. The Progress Principle: The Power of Meaningful Accomplishment 5. How the Progress Principle Works 6. The Catalyst Factor: The Power of Project Support 7. The Nourishment Factor: The Power of Interpersonal Support 8. At the End of the Day 9. Tending Your Own Inner Work Life Appendix: About the Research

Autorentext

Teresa Amabile is a professor of Business Administration and a Director of Research at Harvard Business School. The author of numerous articles and books, including Creativity in Context, she has long studied creativity, motivation, and performance in the workplace.

Steven Kramer is a developmental psychologist and has co-authored a number of articles in leading management periodicals, including Harvard Business Review and the Academy of Management Journal.

Klappentext

Brimming with honest examples from the companies studied, "The Progress Principle" equips aspiring and seasoned leaders alike with the insights they need to maximize their people's performance.

Zusammenfassung
What really sets the best managers above the rest? It's their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives - positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. This book explains seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees' inner work lives.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. Scenes from the Organizational Trenches
2. The Dynamics of Inner Work Life
3. Inner Work Life Drives Performance
4. The Progress Principle: The Power of Meaningful Accomplishment
5. How the Progress Principle Works
6. The Catalyst Factor: The Power of Project Support
7. The Nourishment Factor: The Power of Interpersonal Support
8. At the End of the Day
9. Tending Your Own Inner Work Life
   Appendix: About the Research