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THE PROGRESS PRINCIPLE USING SMALL WINS
TO IGNITE JOY ENGAGEMENT AND CREATIVITY
AT WORK
BY: TERESA AMABILE AND STEVEN
KRAMER
About Authors

TERESA AMABILE

STEVEN KRAMER

Professor at the Harvard Business School

Kramer is the co-author of The Progress Principle

Received her Doctorate degree from
Stanford University in 1977

Kramer is best known for being an independent
researcher and writer in Wayland

Teresa has countless amounts of her work
published

Similar to Dr. Amabile, Kramer also has several
published works
Work Performance
A study of 238 professionals from 26 project
teams in 7 companies and 3 industries.
Over 80% of participants were college
educated
Daily diary entries
Collected 12,000 diary entries
Conti….,
 Diary forms consisted of quite a few
numerical questions asking participants to
rate their own perceptions of the various
aspects of the work environment
 Open-ended question
 Brief report of one event
Research Discoveries
•The results of the research led to the discovery
of how inner work life is and how it functions as
a complex system.
•Also, this research in turn served as a foundation
for the conclusions about inner work life: what
affects it and how inner work life affects
performance.
Inner work life is the confluence of
perceptions, emotions, and motivations that
individuals experience as they react to end
make sense of the events of their workday
Components of Inner Work Life
Perceptions
Emotions
Motivations
Inner Work Life System
Perceptions/thoughts
(Sense making about
workday events)
•The organization
•Managers, self, team
•The work

Emotions/feelings
(Reactions to
workday events)
•Positive emotions
•Negative emotions
•Overall mood

Workday
Events

Individual
Performance
Motivation/drive
(Desire to do the work)
•What to do
•How to do it
•When to do it
•Whether to do it
Best “inner work life” days at work
Positive
Perception

Strong
Motivation

Elated
Emotions
Worst “inner work life” days at work
Negative
Perception

Week
Motivation

Dark
Emotions
Inner work life at “The Office”
The worst of Time “karpenter”

Famous 12
years old
Company in
households
“Most
admired”

New
management

****
Inner work
life drops
****

Creativity &
Innovation
Death

Karpenter
acquired &
closed down
The Best of time “O’Reilley”
Chemicals
firm
producing
well-known
consumer and
industrial
products

Founded
same era as
karpenter

****
Excellent
Inner work
****

Creativity &
Innovation
Remains
robust

Company
still at the top
The Real differentiator
 Not ownership form
 Not the incentive system
 Not personalities
 Not skill level
 INNER WORK LIFE
Diary of a
“Worst Day” at Karpenter
I don’t understand why R&D kills so many of
my projects, yet I am supposedly measured on new
product development! The VP of R&D killed my
new hand-held mixer three times before it was
approved a couple weeks ago, very conflicting
goals, causing us to start, stop, re-start, etc.
[Sophie, product manager, equip team, karpenter corporation]
Diary of a
“Best day” at O’ Reilly
presented 1.5 hours worth of technical
data, market information, process
capability and cost information in the
project review, the review was very well
received, much assistance was given, and
we passed (allowed to go to the next
stage)!!
[Dave, leader of vision team, O'Reilley corporation]
Creative Thought
work[ing] on the details of how the image will
be produced, I really got into the problem and came
up with an elegant method for dealing with
overloaded tasks.

[Engineer diary, high tech firm]
The Inner Work Life Effect

Positive perceptions
Pleasant emotions
Intrinsic motivation

Creativity
Productivity
Commitment to the work
collegiality
The web’s most popular shoe store
Daily progress doing
meaningful work
The Progress Principle
Comparisons relative to days without progress or setback events
Elements of inner work life

How days with progress
events compare

How days with setback
events compare

Emotions

•More positive overall mood
•More happiness
•Less sadness
•Less fear

•More negative overall mood
•Less happiness
•More frustration
•More fear

Motivations

•More intrinsically motivated(by
the interest, enjoyment, challenge
of, and involvement in the work
itself)

•Less intrinsically motivated

perceptions

•More positive challenge in the
work
•Team more mutually supportive
•More time pressure

•less positive challenge in the work
•Team less mutually supportive
•Insufficient resources available for
the work
What happens on Best Days

24%
What happens on worst Days

76%
The “Key Three” Drivers of Inner Work life

The Progress Principle

The Catalyst factor

The Nourishment factor
The Progress principle
The progress principle events signifying
progress, including:

 small wins
Breakthroughs
Forward movement
Goal completion
The Catalyst Factor
(Support the work itself)
Events supporting the work, including:

 setting clear goals
 Allowing autonomy
 Providing resources
Providing sufficient time
Helping with the work
Allowing ideas to flow
Sufficient time
The Nourishment Factor
(Support people doing the work)

Events supporting the person, including:

 Respect
 Encouragement
Emotional support
Affiliation
Leaders Awareness
Rank- order these motivational influences
Rank- order these motivational influences

Recognition
Incentives
Clear goals
Progress in the work
Interpersonal support
Big News
Managers’ Ranking:

• # 1 = Recognition
• # 2 = Clear goals
• # 3 = Incentives
• # 4 = Interpersonal support

Only 5% ranked progress #1
The takeaway

Everyday
support for
people and
their progress

Grate inner
work life

Superior long
term
performance
Manage with a Human Touch
• Praise without real progress, give little positive impact on people's inner
work life and may give off a sense of cynicism.
• Good progress without praise or criticism may produce anger or sadness
in employee
• Best booster to inner work life:
• Management recognizing and praising people for the good progress
and efforts to their work
Recommendations:
• Systematic awareness
• Stay tuned everyday
• Target support
• Check in – don’t check-up
• Events change the culture
• Tend to your own inner work life
References
THE PROGRESS PRINCIPLE – Teresa Amabile and Steven
Kramer.
http://progress principle.com/books/single/the progress
principle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tersaamabile

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Teresa+Amabile+Progr
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The progress principle using small wins to ignite joy engagement and creativity at work

  • 2. THE PROGRESS PRINCIPLE USING SMALL WINS TO IGNITE JOY ENGAGEMENT AND CREATIVITY AT WORK BY: TERESA AMABILE AND STEVEN KRAMER
  • 3. About Authors TERESA AMABILE STEVEN KRAMER Professor at the Harvard Business School Kramer is the co-author of The Progress Principle Received her Doctorate degree from Stanford University in 1977 Kramer is best known for being an independent researcher and writer in Wayland Teresa has countless amounts of her work published Similar to Dr. Amabile, Kramer also has several published works
  • 4. Work Performance A study of 238 professionals from 26 project teams in 7 companies and 3 industries. Over 80% of participants were college educated Daily diary entries Collected 12,000 diary entries
  • 5. Conti….,  Diary forms consisted of quite a few numerical questions asking participants to rate their own perceptions of the various aspects of the work environment  Open-ended question  Brief report of one event
  • 6. Research Discoveries •The results of the research led to the discovery of how inner work life is and how it functions as a complex system. •Also, this research in turn served as a foundation for the conclusions about inner work life: what affects it and how inner work life affects performance.
  • 7. Inner work life is the confluence of perceptions, emotions, and motivations that individuals experience as they react to end make sense of the events of their workday
  • 8. Components of Inner Work Life Perceptions Emotions Motivations
  • 9. Inner Work Life System Perceptions/thoughts (Sense making about workday events) •The organization •Managers, self, team •The work Emotions/feelings (Reactions to workday events) •Positive emotions •Negative emotions •Overall mood Workday Events Individual Performance Motivation/drive (Desire to do the work) •What to do •How to do it •When to do it •Whether to do it
  • 10. Best “inner work life” days at work Positive Perception Strong Motivation Elated Emotions
  • 11. Worst “inner work life” days at work Negative Perception Week Motivation Dark Emotions
  • 12. Inner work life at “The Office”
  • 13. The worst of Time “karpenter” Famous 12 years old Company in households “Most admired” New management **** Inner work life drops **** Creativity & Innovation Death Karpenter acquired & closed down
  • 14. The Best of time “O’Reilley” Chemicals firm producing well-known consumer and industrial products Founded same era as karpenter **** Excellent Inner work **** Creativity & Innovation Remains robust Company still at the top
  • 15. The Real differentiator  Not ownership form  Not the incentive system  Not personalities  Not skill level  INNER WORK LIFE
  • 16. Diary of a “Worst Day” at Karpenter I don’t understand why R&D kills so many of my projects, yet I am supposedly measured on new product development! The VP of R&D killed my new hand-held mixer three times before it was approved a couple weeks ago, very conflicting goals, causing us to start, stop, re-start, etc. [Sophie, product manager, equip team, karpenter corporation]
  • 17. Diary of a “Best day” at O’ Reilly presented 1.5 hours worth of technical data, market information, process capability and cost information in the project review, the review was very well received, much assistance was given, and we passed (allowed to go to the next stage)!! [Dave, leader of vision team, O'Reilley corporation]
  • 18. Creative Thought work[ing] on the details of how the image will be produced, I really got into the problem and came up with an elegant method for dealing with overloaded tasks. [Engineer diary, high tech firm]
  • 19. The Inner Work Life Effect Positive perceptions Pleasant emotions Intrinsic motivation Creativity Productivity Commitment to the work collegiality
  • 20. The web’s most popular shoe store
  • 23. Comparisons relative to days without progress or setback events Elements of inner work life How days with progress events compare How days with setback events compare Emotions •More positive overall mood •More happiness •Less sadness •Less fear •More negative overall mood •Less happiness •More frustration •More fear Motivations •More intrinsically motivated(by the interest, enjoyment, challenge of, and involvement in the work itself) •Less intrinsically motivated perceptions •More positive challenge in the work •Team more mutually supportive •More time pressure •less positive challenge in the work •Team less mutually supportive •Insufficient resources available for the work
  • 24. What happens on Best Days 24%
  • 25. What happens on worst Days 76%
  • 26. The “Key Three” Drivers of Inner Work life The Progress Principle The Catalyst factor The Nourishment factor
  • 27. The Progress principle The progress principle events signifying progress, including:  small wins Breakthroughs Forward movement Goal completion
  • 28. The Catalyst Factor (Support the work itself) Events supporting the work, including:  setting clear goals  Allowing autonomy  Providing resources Providing sufficient time Helping with the work Allowing ideas to flow Sufficient time
  • 29. The Nourishment Factor (Support people doing the work) Events supporting the person, including:  Respect  Encouragement Emotional support Affiliation
  • 30. Leaders Awareness Rank- order these motivational influences Rank- order these motivational influences Recognition Incentives Clear goals Progress in the work Interpersonal support
  • 31. Big News Managers’ Ranking: • # 1 = Recognition • # 2 = Clear goals • # 3 = Incentives • # 4 = Interpersonal support Only 5% ranked progress #1
  • 32. The takeaway Everyday support for people and their progress Grate inner work life Superior long term performance
  • 33. Manage with a Human Touch • Praise without real progress, give little positive impact on people's inner work life and may give off a sense of cynicism. • Good progress without praise or criticism may produce anger or sadness in employee • Best booster to inner work life: • Management recognizing and praising people for the good progress and efforts to their work
  • 34. Recommendations: • Systematic awareness • Stay tuned everyday • Target support • Check in – don’t check-up • Events change the culture • Tend to your own inner work life
  • 35. References THE PROGRESS PRINCIPLE – Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer. http://progress principle.com/books/single/the progress principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tersaamabile http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Teresa+Amabile+Progr