Intrinsic Motivation at Work, 2nd Edition

11Building Your Sense of Progress

T he building blocks for your sense of progress are these:

• A collaborative climate—working with people who help each other succeed
• Milestones—using reference points to mark your stages of accomplishment
• Celebrations—finding occasions to enjoy your attainment of milestones
• Access to customers—interacting with the beneficiaries of your work
• Measurement of improvement—knowing when your performance is getting better

The following are some actions you can take to help develop these building blocks.

Building Collaborative Relationships

Think win/win; seek first to understand, then to be understood; synergize.

STEPHEN COVEY¹

In collaborative relationships, people look for solutions that meet everyone’s concerns ...