Illegitimate tasks refer to duties perceived as unnecessary or unreasonable in relation to one’s professional role. When such tasks accumulate, employees often experience the situation as unfair.

Imagine your company fielding a high-performance team ready to pursue and secure the major share of one of your business’s target markets. This is the dream — perhaps the vision — of many a head of ...

I’ve worked with champions, coached leaders, and built companies. The same pattern shows up ...

Cassie, a young adult I knew many years ago, was excited about starting a fabulous new job at a sought-after design firm. She was highly motivated to do well. She had always been a high achiever and ...

When life gets tough, I always know how to make it better. Talk with friends and family? Sure, that’s great. Go outside and do something I enjoy? Undeniably a very good option. More important, though, ...

The book Atomic Habits has sold more than five million copies and been translated into 50 languages. Its author, James Clear, summarizes the book's advice on motivation in an article: The Scientific ...

Neuroscientists have discovered a set of brain cells that influence the motivation of mice to perform tasks for rewards. Increasing the cells' activity makes a mouse work harder or more vigorously.

BOISE, Idaho — About a week after the Idaho School Board Association president resigned from Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin's education task force that was formed "to protect our young people ...