The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In 1960, MIT management professor, Douglas McGregor’s book, The Human Side of Enterprise, outlined the opposing motivational approaches of Theory X and Theory Y. The division leader who hired me woke up a few months prior and realized their management-leadership balance was way out of whack.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The second was the chapter “Theory X & Theory Why” a tribute to McGregor that makes the case for hiring self-motivated people so management doesn’t have to supervise. To be fair, there isn’t much new about management, leadership or designing successful businesses i n E Pluribus Kinko’s.

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LDRLB

MARCH 22, 2016

Need Doshi and Lindsay McGregor are partners in life, work, and writing. The are the founders of the consulting firm Vega Factor and authors of Primed to Perform. In this interview, we dive deep into culture, systems, and motivation. We define TOMO and outline how the science of motivation can help build high performing cultures.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 23, 2012

” Jena McGregor published an interview with Zenger and Folkman last Friday. Their blog post has generated over 200 comments and perspectives on this issue so far. The Washington Post reports on “a whirlwind of response … one of the most read articles on the (HBR) site in the past 30 days.”

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The Practical Leader

MAY 16, 2011

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.

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Rapid BI

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Leadership and Management Models Download PowerPoint Slides – page 2a. At RapidBI we use many management and leadership models and through the process of using them we have developed a library of 100?s. This set contains the slides from all of our management, change, talent & leadership models slide sets.

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MAY 7, 2020

I don’t know whether he ever knew it or not, but Warren Bennis was the kind of author that elicited audible reactions from the people (like me) that read what he had to say about leadership. Case in point: Bennis was by no means the first scholar to draw a distinction between leadership and management.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 17, 2011

It’s one of the key factors in the 50 – 70% failure rate for programs to increase safety performance, service and quality levels, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, innovation, leadership skills. Courageous shared leadership. That’s courageous leadership. Cultures are Built on Underlying Beliefs. Play not to lose.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 12, 2016

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). ” – Douglas McGregor. Follow the link on the quote text for the source and more information on the quote. Having no problems is the biggest problem of all. – Taiichi Ohno. – W.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 17, 2017

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2016 (based on page views). ” – Douglas McGregor. Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. – Taiichi Ohno. – Peter Block. .

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 23, 2016

John and the gang were inspired by Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. I’ve also seen it change the lives of others. It was great to see that A Story Worth Living was also inspired by others. That movie was the catalyst for this documentary. Their story inspired a new story. It can and it will.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 23, 2023

Advice] [Personal Development] This is the leadership style of the future With the growing focus on net zero and sustainability, these five core qualities should be key to your leadership style [Article] [Employment Landscape] We’re all going on a summer holiday – at the same time!

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Might this proverb apply to systems leadership in schools, as well? Anyone who takes a systems perspective with regard to educational leadership likely understands and appreciates the power of these words. Deming’s words are only the beginning of the journey to effective systems leadership/management.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago. Knight's treatment of players has been termed abusive. He shouted, pushed, denigrated, humiliated, threatened, and harped on faults.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 5, 2012

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 3, 2012

The Capitalist Philosophers: The Geniuses of Modern Business–Their Lives, Times, and Ideas Andrea Gabor Times Business (2000) A brilliant discussion of thirteen “geniuses of modern business” While preparing questions for another interview, I recently re-read this book (published in 2000) in which Andrea Gabor focuses on Frederick (..)

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

Obama Has Inner-Circle Issues (Washington Post On Leadership). You've probably heard that President Obama is getting flak for surrounding himself with a bevy of male advisers as he begins his second term, and Jena McGregor agrees that there's a diversity problem in the president's inner circle — but not just because of gender.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

A wealthy industrialist, Joseph Wharton aspired to produce “pillars of the state” whose leadership would extend across business and public life. Douglas McGregor’s “Theory Y” is representative of the genre. Other universities followed.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

It was called a “Revisionist Theory of Leadership,” and that is what it delivered. Before 1961, the very topic of leadership wasn’t standard HBR fare. Why did he gravitate to leadership in the first place? All of which sound vaguely spiritual, but all of which I think are going to be required for leadership. Leadership'

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