Book Titles

The Progress Principle
Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work

By Steven Kramer, Teresa Amabile

Year Published: 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1422198575
Categories: Creativity, Engagement, Progress

42 Quotes Found

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The Progress Principle:

…the secret to amazing performance is empowering talented people to succeed at meaningful work.

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The Progress Principle:

Management, when done well, can propel an organization toward success while enhancing the lives of people working within it.

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The Progress Principle:

…helping [people] succeed at making a difference virtually guarantees good inner work life and strong performance.

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The Progress Principle:

…bad inner work life compromises individual performance; in the long term, bad inner work life can sink even a titan…

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The Progress Principle:

…managers at every level affect the inner work life and, consequently, the creativity and productivity of people throughout the organization.

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The Progress Principle:

When something unexpected or ambiguous happens, people will try to understand it and will draw conclusions about the work, their colleagues, and organization based on that event.

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The Progress Principle:

If people do not perceive that they and their work are valued by a trustworthy organization, if they derive no pride or happiness from their work, they will have little drive to dig into a project.

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The Progress Principle:

Even though many managers – and employees – would like to ignore emotions, pretending that such ‘messy’ things do not belong in the workplace, such studied ignorance is a dangerous gamble.

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The Progress Principle:

Intrinsic motivation – deep engagement in the work – can drive people to surprising displays of seemingly unrewarded effort.

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The Progress Principle:

…if extrinsic motivators are extremely strong and salient, they can undermine intrinsic motivation; when this happens, creativity can suffer.

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