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

There are days when you go to work and you get things done because it’s your job to do so. But hopefully there are also days when you look forward to aspects of your job because the work you’re doing ...

Finding effective ways to stay motivated at work can significantly enhance one’s productivity. Some professionals intentionally procrastinate, as they rely on the pressure of needing to hit a deadline ...

Our Management Tip of the Day continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we’ve compiled 10 of ...

For good things to happen in your workplace—teamwork and collaboration, productivity, trusting relationships—people must be motivated. As we explored in a previous column, motivation is much more ...

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 ...

Maybe you have no plans to make major career moves in 2025. Here’s how you can still seek out new opportunities and thrive in your current role. At the start of a new year, it can be tempting to ...

Harvard-trained psychiatrist Gabriella Rosen Kellerman says that a sense of mattering is crucial to increase your motivation at work, and earlier this month, Wharton behavioral psychologist Adam Grant ...

Kwon, Mijeong, Julia Lee Cunningham, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Discerning Saints: Moralization of Intrinsic Motivation and Selective Prosociality at Work." Academy of Management Journal 66, no. 6 ...