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  • The Power of Small Wins
    #focus #leadership #motivation #productivity #psychology #work | Reprint: R1105C What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers’ diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and perceptions that is critical to performance) than making progress in meaningful work. If a person is motivated and happy at the end of the workday, it’s a good bet that he or she achieved something, however small. If the person drags out of the office disengaged and joyless, a setback is likely to blame. This progress principle suggests that managers have more influence than they may realize over employees’ well-being, motivation, and creative output. The key is to learn which actions support progress—such as setting clear goals, providing sufficient time and resources, and offering recognition—and which have the opposite effect. Even small wins can boost inner work life tremendously. On the flip side, small losses or setbacks can have an extremely negative effect. And the work doesn’t need to involve curing cancer in order to be meaningful. It simply must matter to the person doing it. The actions that set in motion the positive feedback loop between progress and inner work life may sound like Management 101, but it takes discipline to establish new habits. The authors provide a checklist that managers can use on a daily basis to monitor their progress-enhancing behaviors.
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  • How to Be a Purpose-Driven Leader Without Burning Out
    #advice #leadership #toread #work | <blockquote>Thought-provoking audio articles from world-class publishers, crafted into bite-sized Series.</blockquote>
    2 years ago | View Shared by victor
  • Work Is Work | codahale.com
    #culture #leadership #management #productivity #work | <blockquote>In which returns diminish.</blockquote>
    3 years ago | View Shared by victor
  • Hard to work with. | Irrational Exuberance
    #career #leadership #management #work | <blockquote>Managing teams has taught me a lot about my own behaviors and motivations. For example, I overworked for a long time. This left me continually teetering on the brink of burnout, and I had no energy left to absorb the typical sorts of organizational changes that happen at any company. Despite doing good work, I handled change poorly, and I picked up the reputation for being difficult to manage. I’d like to say that I learned from my mistakes directly, but the honest version is that I ...
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  • If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion – charity.wtf
    #career #culture #information #leadership #management #work | “Management is not a promotion, it’s a change of career.”
    5 years ago | View Shared by victor

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