My rating:
add to my books
Loading...
The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work
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.
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
July 19th 2011
by Harvard Business Review Press
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
sign in »
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
211)
An enjoyable reading addressing how positive and negative work environments arise and how they affect people's creative problem solving.
This book is based on a study conducted in a set of 7 companies in 3 different industries in which knowledge workers and professionals working on complex problems collected and reported daily diary entries about their inner work lives, i.e., their perceptions, emotions, and motivations during the work day. Although most questions asked for numerical...more
This book is based on a study conducted in a set of 7 companies in 3 different industries in which knowledge workers and professionals working on complex problems collected and reported daily diary entries about their inner work lives, i.e., their perceptions, emotions, and motivations during the work day. Although most questions asked for numerical...more
"The Progress Principle" states simply that progress in meaningful work is the single greatest factor when it comes to creating high functioning teams and work environments. Progress in meaningful work serves as trigger for positive perceptions, emotions, and motivations. This creates a virtuous feedback loop, greatly increasing workplace performance.
The tenor of the book echoes that of "The Happiness Advantage" and "Drive", suggesting that by supporting...more
The tenor of the book echoes that of "The Happiness Advantage" and "Drive", suggesting that by supporting...more
Data backs up common sense - if you treat people nice they are happier and if they are happier they perform better.
Nicely written, terrific research, a help to anyone searching for how to better motivate others.
Nicely written, terrific research, a help to anyone searching for how to better motivate others.
For the general idea how the companies either go up or down, the book is quite good. On the other hand, I felt like the information in the book is exaggerated. Generally, It is easy to read and clear.
Well-researched and thought out position on how to enable employees and coworkers to optimize achievement and happiness. Looks to be a fair bit that I can immediately with my team.
I've decided to stop reading this book halfway through.
The reason is that the book contains a small amount of simplistic advice, almost no practical methods for implementing this advice, and a large body of narrated stories of people who the writers researched. The narrative is interesting at first, but grows tedious and uninformative very quickly. I suppose the writer didn't want to throw to waste all the body of text she collected from her tests subject, but that doesn't make that body ...more
The reason is that the book contains a small amount of simplistic advice, almost no practical methods for implementing this advice, and a large body of narrated stories of people who the writers researched. The narrative is interesting at first, but grows tedious and uninformative very quickly. I suppose the writer didn't want to throw to waste all the body of text she collected from her tests subject, but that doesn't make that body ...more
Bob Sutton recommendation
Johnson
marked it as to-read
Talia
marked it as to-read
Steven Proctor
marked it as to-read
Zakharov
added it
Joel Campbell
marked it as to-read
Jim Walker
marked it as to-read
Melanie
marked it as to-read
Dave Bolton
marked it as to-read
Alison
marked it as to-read
Tim
marked it as to-read
Amy Fleming
marked it as to-read
Kyle
marked it as to-read
Ks Pillai
marked it as to-read
Gina
marked it as to-read
Christina
marked it as to-read
Jessica
marked it as to-read
Amber Jones
marked it as to-read
Nikita Goncharenko
marked it as to-read
Alexandre Lins
added it
Alex
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
