The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 142219857X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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May, Guru Forum (American Express)the authors have done a good job in reminding us all that "it’s people, stupid" who lie at the heart of successful organisations.” Nita Clarke, People Management Magazine (UK)This book is a must read for those wants to be good leaders (or those wishing they worked for one).” - LeaderLabIt’s a clear guide that can help managers with a potentially challenging and frustrating task.”- 800CEOREAD. This a pioneering work on employee engagement, with lots of memorable examples culled from those in-the-trenches diary entries.” The Globe and MailYou will never return to the older and outmoded theories of employee motivation again.” Blog Business WorldWhen Bob Sutton, a leading management professor at Stanford Uni
But it’s forward momentum in meaningful workprogressthat creates the best inner work lives. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly.As Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain in The Progress Principle, seemingly mundane workday events can make or break employees’ inner work lives. What really sets the best managers above the rest? It’s their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work livesconsistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. Through rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 diary entries provided by 238 employees in 7 companies, the authors explain how managers can foster progress and enhance inner work life every day.The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: (1) catalystsevents that directly facilitate project work,
A Masterpiece I read an advance copy of The Progress Principle several months back, and I just went back and read the book again. I am even more impressed this time than the last. Four things struck me in particular:1. While most management books are based on anecdotes, the biased recollections of some famous executives, or on research that is presented as rigorous (but are not Good to Great is a perfect example), the Progress Principle is based on the most rigorous field study ever done of creative work. And it draws on other rigorous work as well. As a result, the overall advice about the importance of small wins . D. Kanigan said I was a member of the 95% who didn't know the #1 employee motivator. The authors surveyed 100's of managers around the world and asked what motivated employees. They were startled to find that 95% of these leaders fundamentally misunderstood the most important source of employee motivation. It's not about getting the right people on the bus. Or about higher incentives. Or about athletic facilities and free child care. Their research has found that the best way to motivate people is by facilitating progress, even small wins. Yet managers surveyed, had ranked "supporting progress" as dead last as a work motivator.The authors conducted a rigorous analysis of nearly 1"I was a member of the 95% who didn't know the #1 employee motivator" according to D. Kanigan. The authors surveyed 100's of managers around the world and asked what motivated employees. They were startled to find that 95% of these leaders fundamentally misunderstood the most important source of employee motivation. It's not about getting the right people on the bus. Or about higher incentives. Or about athletic facilities and free child care. Their research has found that the best way to motivate people is by facilitating progress, even small wins. Yet managers surveyed, had ranked "supporting progress" as dead last as a work motivator.The authors conducted a rigorous analysis of nearly 12,000 . ,000 . "Good recommended book. Get it and read it, especially if you manage other employees." according to E.A. One of the best books of its kind, the progress principle discusses the importance of intrinsic motivation for employees, and specifically the feel of progress at work, that is more important than extrinsic rewards such as salary - over time.Here the manager has a lot of responsibility and following a simple set of guidelines, any manager can get his employees to be much more satisfied, and also productive (!) at work, so it's a win-win. Very much recommended.