Critical to the success of any organization is a characteristic called dynamism. Exactly the opposite of anhedonia, or listlessness, dynamism is identified with intensity, enthusiasm, and motivation, qualities that enable people in organizations to get things done. Psychologist Wayne Pace clarifies the meaning of dynamism and its various roles in organizational functioning, provides ways to enhance and measure it, and introduces to human resource professionals a new model of career progression based upon it. Better grounded in scientific principles and data than other books dealing with topics like vitality and enthusiasm and written in a direct, positive, credible, and easy to grasp style, Pace's book covers an unusually wide range of topics — from work systems to language and interpersonal style, to modes of thinking, to mindsets — all of which Pace sees as dimensions of organizational dynamism, and all of which play crucial roles in saving the organization from anhedonia. The result is an essential explication for human resource and organizational development specialists, and an enlightening introduction for top management everywhere.