13. Inner Work Life Effect:
“People do better work when they are happy, have
positive views of the organization and its people, and
are motivated primarily by the work itself.” (p, 47)
14. Inner Work Life System
Workday
Events
Perceptions/thoughts
(Sensemaking about
workday events)
• The organization
• Managers, self, team
• The work
• Sense of
accomplishment
Emotions/feelings
(Reactions to
workday events)
• Positive emotions
• Negative emotions
• Overall mood
Individual
Performance
Motivation/drive
(Desire to do the work)
• What do to
• How to do it
• When to do it
• Whether to do it
Amiable, T & Kramer, S. (2011). The Progress Principle
19. Daily
Events
1
The Progress Principle
Events signifying progress
• Small wins
• Breakthroughs
• Forward movement
• Goal completion
2
The Catalyst Factor
Events supporting the work
• Setting clear goals
• Allowing autonomy
• Providing resources
• Providing sufficient time
• Helping with the work
• Learning from problems
and successes
• Allowing ideas to flow
3
Positive
Inner
Work Life
The Nourishment Factor
Events supporting the person
• Respect
• Encouragement
• Emotional support
• Affiliation
Amiable, T & Kramer, S. (2011).
The Progress Principle
20. The power of setbacks to diminish happiness is
more than twice as strong as the power of progress
to boost happiness. The power of setbacks to
increase frustration is more than three times as
strong as the power of progress to decrease
frustration. (p. 92)
21. Meaning Killers
• Dismiss someone’s ideas
• Make employees doubt the work
they do is important
• Assign people to work for which
they are overqualified
• Keep people from assuming full
ownership of their work
22. Inhibitors
• Unclear goals
• Micro-management
• Lack of resources (e.g. information, equipment,
funding, personnel, training)
• Time pressure
• Punishment (vs. learning) from problems or
mistakes
• Shut down open discussion
• Increased workload + decreased control
30. Rider - Rational
– Deliberates,
analyzes, looks into
the future
– Provides planning
and direction
Elephant – Emotional
– Feels pain and
pleasure
– Provides the energy
32. Destination
postcards:
Shows the Rider
where you are
headed and the
Elephant why the
journey is
worthwhile
Change is easier
when you know where
you are going and why
it is worth it
39. Growth Mindset
• Talent is NOT fixed unless you
believe that it is. Treat talent as
something almost everyone
can earn, not that just a few
people own.
• Everyone can learn to work
smarter
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46. Shape the path
What looks like a people problem is
often a situation problem. When
you shape the path, you make the
change more likely, no matter
what’s happening with the Rider
and the Elephant
48. Exercise 3
Identify a change that is happening
right now at work. Think elephant,
rider, path: Why do people embrace
that change? Why do others resist
that change?
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