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Leading Thoughts for May 11, 2023

Leading Blog

Source: The Anxious Achiever: Turn Your Biggest Fears into Your Leadership Superpower II. Douglas McGregor on motivation: “The motivation, the potential for development, the capacity for assuming responsibility, the readiness to direct behavior toward organizational goals are all present in people.

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The Impact Of Leaders On Personal Transformation

Tanveer Naseer

A lot has been written about Transformational Leadership. The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. Leadership practitioners spend a lot of time theorizing about transformational change writ large. People grow and develop in a zone of dis comfort, not comfort.

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The Three Top Priorities of a Great Church Leader

Joseph Lalonde

Image by David McGregor. Self-leadership is essential for every church leader. In the context of church leadership, this means being able to lead yourself toward and concentrating on the Creator. The outcome will show through in your personal life and leadership. Dan is an author and award-winning leadership blogger.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

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14 Fascinating Theories from Leadership Studies. If you’ve never delved into the field of leadership studies as a businessperson or college student , you really should. Taking a look at trait theory, you’ll see that it is in many ways related to Great Man Theory when it comes to understanding leadership. TRAIT THEORY.

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EBM: X&Y

LDRLB

Theory X and Theory Y are theories of human motivation created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the 1960s. McGregor felt that companies followed either one or the other approach. For McGregor, Theory X and Y are not different sides of the same coin.

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New Study Shows Women Do It Better Than Men

The Practical Leader

And women proved to be better at nurturing competencies such as developing others and building relationships. ” Jena McGregor published an interview with Zenger and Folkman last Friday. They were also ahead of most men in “taking initiative,” “practicing self-development,” and “driving for results.”

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Review of “Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership” by Warren Bennis

The Practical Leader

Warren Bennis has been described as the father of leadership. I’ve long been a reader of Warren ’s books on leadership, change, and team/organization dynamics. I’ve often quoted his study findings and leadership wisdom in my books, blog, and presentations. in economics and social sciences.