As effects were completed, the posters were colored in. When I was giving workshops at a major film company recently, they had posters up on the wall that represented the special effects for each scene in an upcoming movie. One specific suggestion is to create visual progress indicators for important goals and put them up in very public places in the office. Read this book for excellent insights into why employees are so motivated by making progress, and what managers can do to better support and celebrate progress. Why read the Progress Principle, and how to act on it. By far the strongest factor was progress. 12,000 daily journals show: progress matters most.īy reviewing 12,000 daily work journals across a variety of industries and organizations, Amabile’s team found several factors contributing to what they call “inner work life”. They spend precious little time and energy on ensuring that employees are able to make progress. Most busy leaders set goals, then turn their attention to other things they need to do. But a research team led by Teresa Amibile found that managers rank progress last on multiple choice lists of employee motivators. It’s not as obvious as it seems.Īs is often the case, due to the hindsight effect, once we hear that progress is key to motivation we think it’s obvious.
The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work presents compelling evidence that most of us are failing to use one of the most powerful tools of all: progress toward clear and meaningful goals. How do you motivate employees? How do you keep them happy and engaged? The Progress Principle
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