Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. For example, consider the story of a middle manager whose boss, one of the most respected people in the company, gave him some tough feedback that most people wouldn’t have the courage to give. You’re becoming a brown noser.”

McGregor 278

McGregor Middle Management Hammer Influence 278

leaderCommunicator

JUNE 28, 2013

What Nelson Mandela Had to Say About Leadership By: Jena McGregor via The Washington Post Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition Monday due to a recurring lung infection for the second day — sobering news about the revered 94-year-old icon who, as Time managing editor Richard Stengel once called him …. An informal survey….

McGregor 141

McGregor Leadership Blog Motivation 141

The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In the early 1900s, Frederick Taylor, used “Scientific Management” principles to make the new production lines more efficient. Workers became cogs in the machine; shut off their minds, shut their mouths, and did what engineers and managers told them to do.

McGregor 101

McGregor Scientific Management Taylor Taylorism 101

CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

Fiedler developed the Least Preferred Coworker Scale as a way to determine which managers would be the best fit for a leadership assignment. That’s a tall order, but one that many businesses, some hopelessly focused on profit over personnel, may need to find in management to help retain and motivate employees.

Leadership 131

Leadership Contingency Theory Leadership Styles Proposal 131

The Practical Leader

MAY 16, 2011

Peter Drucker was often called the father of modern management thinking. Warren has a long and very distinguished career. The next year (1948) Douglas McGregor (best remembered for The Human Side of Enterprise and its description of leadership approaches Theory X and Theory Y) became Antioch’s president.

McGregor 40

McGregor Open-book Review Leadership 40

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Management was about effective structuring of enterprises and administration of their workings. On the fact that some executives had the ability to inspire, motivate, and discern the challenges of the future better than others, management theory was largely silent. Before 1961, the very topic of leadership wasn’t standard HBR fare.

McGregor 10

McGregor Leadership Open-book Storytelling 10