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:

…making headway on meaningful work brightens inner work life and boosts long-term performance.

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The Progress Principle:

…the progress principle: of all the positive events that influence inner work life, the single most powerful is progress in meaningful work…

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The Progress Principle:

The key is to design each job so that, in the act of carrying out the work, people gain knowledge about the results of their effort.

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The Progress Principle:

If people feel capable, then they see difficult problems as positive challenges and opportunities to succeed.

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The Progress Principle:

Whether the goals or lofty or modest, as long as they are meaningful, then the conditions are set for progress to rule inner work life.

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The Progress Principle:

When our work is devoid of meaning, then even completing a long list of tasks cannot yield a genuine sense of accomplishment.

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The Progress Principle:

We all need to believe that our labor is actually contributing to something that matters.

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The Progress Principle:

…as a manager, you must keep the progress loop in motion by continually facilitating progress and removing obstacles.

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The Progress Principle:

When you don’t know what you should be doing, it’s tough to feel good about doing it.

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The Progress Principle:

No matter how skilled people are, or how well designed and well executed their projects, problems and failures are inevitable in complex, creative work.

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