Every January, offices quietly reset. New planners appear on desks. Fresh notebooks open in meetings. To-do lists look neater ...

Motivation is, of course, a central concept for management. There are numerous theories of motivation, and all managers who hope to stay managers need to have at least a reasonable idea of what is ...

In the best-selling book Drive, author Daniel Pink attempts to simplify motivation science by suggesting the superiority of intrinsic over extrinsic motives to instill optimal work performance. When ...

Writing goals into a new notebook can offer a brief sense that life can be reordered, intentions clarified and control gently ...

Why do some employees do better than others? According to goal-setting theory, one reason is that they have better, clearer goals. These goals guide their behavior towards better workplace output.

Fresh starts offer a powerful emotional lift, but motivation often fades by February. Psychology suggests this isn't due to a ...