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  • 21 Sep 2011
  • News

Progressing toward a better inner work life

  • 13 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

progress in life and in business. HBS Working Knowledge asked Zaleznik to reflect on the inner life of leaders. Martha Lagace: Your book is an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • July 2012
  • Class Lecture

The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work

By: Teresa M. Amabile
What really makes people happy, motivated, productive, and creative at work? Professor Amabile's research, based on analyzing nearly 12,000 daily diaries of team members working on collaborative projects, reveals some surprising answers. Inner work life—a person's... View Details
Keywords: Employee Motivation; Fostering Performance; Improving Creativity; The Importance Of Progress; Employee Attitude; Enhancing Work Life; Improving Productivity; Inner Work Life; Motivation and Incentives; Working Conditions; Creativity; Performance Productivity; Attitudes; Employees
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  • May 2007
  • Article

Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
Anyone in management knows that employees have their good days and their bad days and that, for the most part, the reasons for their ups and downs are unknown. Most managers simply shrug their shoulders at this fact of work life. But does it matter, in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Practice
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  • 16 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

coordinating function. "We have plenty of case studies, but given how important it is, there is remarkably little academic research that looks at the headquarters of a multiunit firm," he says. In fact, so mysterious is the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Diary Study Database Available to Researchers

    Academic researchers now have free access to data from Teresa Amabile’s daily diary study of 200+ professionals working on 26 creative projects in 7 companies in 3 industries. These data cover topics such as motivation, emotion, work environment, creativity, and... View Details

    • 16 Apr 2012
    • News

    The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

    • October 18, 2021
    • Article

    How to Reframe What Work Means to You

    By: Hubert Joly
    Our society often conceives of work as something we must endure so we can afford to do something else. The former CEO of Best Buy explains why this view has led to a crisis of engagement among leaders and employees alike, and offers a different model that he introduced... View Details
    Keywords: Work; Meaning In Life; Employment; Attitudes; Perspective; Mission and Purpose
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    • 01 Jun 2004
    • News

    Redefining Work Life

    several corporate boards, and traveled, WPP’s Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA ’68) came calling, tempting Fudge with an offer to run Young & Rubicam, the struggling communications concern he’d acquired in 2000. Fudge, intrigued, was ready to take on a new challenge. The... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Services
    • 23 Oct 2013 - 24 Oct 2013
    • Conference Presentation

    Key Drivers for Inner City Growth

    By: Michael E. Porter
    Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) annual ecomonic summit. The 2013 theme: Transforming Urban Ecologies, What Works for Cities View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Industry Clusters; Strategy; Urban Development; Ohio
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      Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You

      Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed researchers in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book is based on a decade of research and over 200 interviews with... View Details

      • 15 May 2018
      • News

      Unleash your inner rebel

      • September 2003
      • Module Note

      Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life

      By: Leslie A. Perlow
      Outlines how instructors can facilitate discussion within the Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life module to encourage students to begin a process of self-assessment that focuses on personal values, career development needs, and workplace culture. View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Goals and Objectives; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Value
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      • 2024
      • Book

      Retiring: Creating a Life that Works for You

      By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall and Kathy Kram
      Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details
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      • 11 Mar 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Digital Designs on the Inner City

      she said, before her organization recruited him to work on helping inner city businesses. Woods and his management team started a venture fund and have raised $125 million to invest in View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • Web

      Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

      Careers Balancing Work & Life Careers Balancing Work & Life Achieving the right work-life balance is important, and sometimes it takes practice... View Details
      • 25 May 2020
      • News

      Meaning and Purpose in Life and Work

      • 29 May 2001
      • Research & Ideas

      Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

      It's the dream business location. Vital infrastructure feeds the area. A committed workforce lives nearby. A large number of potential customers are packed around you. And it's the last place you thought to look: the inner city. But the... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT, 28 May 2019
      • Career Events

      Connect with HBS in Philadelphia: Renew Your Work & Life

      Connect with HBS and fellow alumni and explore four elements that are always active during career and life decision-making. You will experience a hands-on workshop to explore what work life issues are most in need of your attention at this moment in your life. View Details
      • 6 PM – 8 PM MDT, 08 May 2019
      • Career Events

      Connect with HBS in Denver: Renew Your Work & Life

      Connect with HBS and fellow alumni and explore four elements that are always active during career and life decision-making. You will experience a hands-on workshop to explore what work life issues are most in need of your attention at this moment in your life. View Details