The work of Teresa Amabile highlighted at Inc.
Teresa Amabile's The Progress Principle the key to these five ways managers can improve employee engagement.
❝ Progress in meaningful work has the strongest impact on employee engagement according to Teresa Amabile, the co-author of The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work.
Conversely, the number one event that diminishes employee engagement is experiencing a feeling of moving backward in the work they are doing, having setbacks. The negative effect of setbacks at work can be 2-3 times greater than the positive effect of progress.
Amabile's research discovered that it's the everyday actions of managers (and co-workers) that can make the difference in catalyzing or inhibiting progress. Yet, when Amabile surveyed 600 managers about what has the strongest impact on employee engagement, they ranked "progress" last … [Inc.com]
| TERESA AMABILE is a Harvard professor who focuses on how to boost creative productivity. Watch her TED Talk based on her book The Progress Principle below, and learn more about booking Teresa for your next event today. |
