Teresa Amabile

What really sets the best managers above the rest? It's their power to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives—consistently positive emotions, strong motivation, and favourable perceptions of the organisation, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine inner work life, often unwittingly. As Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer explain in The Progress Principle, seemingly...

What is the nature of human happiness, and how do we achieve it in the course of our professional lives? And is it even worth pursuing? Happiness (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series) explores answers to these questions by presenting research into how happiness is measured, frameworks for personal behaviours, management techniques that build happiness in the workplace—and warnings that highlight where...