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Why We Shy Away From Ambition

The Office Blend Blog

You can see McClelland’s work here ). Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller (2012) discuss in their article entitled On the Value of Aiming High: The Causes and Consequences of Ambition, that indeed ambition was related to positive career outcomes (best predicted by neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness).

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Starting in the 1960s, the late Harvard psychologist David McClelland and a group of researchers wanted to understand great leadership and why it matters. McClelland called these qualities ‘socialized’ power. In our early careers a certain amount of ego is essential to drive success.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Are we as an industry fulfilling the mission of developing great leaders capable of handling great challenges and accomplishing great things, or are the majority of those entering our ranks just here to make a quick buck? If you Google &# leadership development&# more than 4 million search results are returned.

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