In 1943 Abraham Maslow developed what many of us know as “Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.” His theory is that human psychology revolves around a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. As you may…
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The Hierarchy of Organization Behavioural Needs
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Leadership Interactions Are Positive or Negative
The greatest of all leaders understand that methods, tools, technologies, protocols, and systems do not achieve results. People do. Therefore, it is people not processes, with whom organizational leaders must form a long-lasting, positive, emotional connection. This connection actually is…
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Taking Advantage of Conflict and Confrontation
The presence of highly developed positive neuronal connections among leaders and team members does not mean the absence of conflict and confrontation. On the contrary, a culture that embraces collaboration and connection welcomes constructive conflict and confrontation. The operative word…
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The Seven Employee Needs
Many leaders are unaware of the needs and concerns of their workforce. Unmet needs produce strong negative feelings and resentment. These employees become complainers, cynics, and faultfinders. They resist change, and they disengage from the culture and all initiatives. They…
Tagged with: accountability, Achievement, ambiguous, Appreciation, belonging, Challenge, complex, Control, Growth, inclusion, Learning, Meaning, positive emotional fulfillment, positive presence, Power, purpose, Recognition, Trust
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Do You Have The Right Stuff For Followers?
Organizational performance can rise no higher than the collective performance of its people. With the arrival of the knowledge economy, organizations are transitioning on a global scale from a mechanistic environment of linear control, to a systemic environment of complexity.…
Tagged with: compassion, complexity, environment, followers, followership, Hope, leader behavior, leadership relations, organizational performance, positive presence, Stability, systemic, Trust
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What is Your Leader’s Trust Level?
Trust enables your team not only to perform its daily function but also to rise above conflicts and crises. In today’s fast-paced, complex, ambiguous environment of constant change, conflicts and crises abound within the organization. So in order to succeed,…
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The Eight Behaviours of Trust
Trust is a complex and far-reaching concept that pervades our personal and professional pursuits. We cannot bottle trust and sell it. Trust is based on an individual’s mental model that people are generally honorable. Social and ethical theorist Russell Hardin…
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