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Leading Thoughts for May 11, 2023

Leading Blog

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. Management does not put them there.

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When Deming Goes to School

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog. A previous post on our blog included an except from this talk: Attributing Fault to the Person Without Considering the System. We are already well motivated… The only thing you can do as a manager is demotivate people.

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New Study Shows Women Do It Better Than Men

The Practical Leader

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman ignited a firestorm of interest and debate with their March Harvard Business Review blog post Are Women Better Leaders than Men? Their blog post has generated over 200 comments and perspectives on this issue so far. ” Jena McGregor published an interview with Zenger and Folkman last Friday.

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Unconscious and Underlying Beliefs Undermine Culture Change Efforts

The Practical Leader

Many executives and managers don’t understand how the success of programs they’re trying to implement go way beyond the “hard&# tools to the “soft&# issues of leadership behaviors and culture. The executive/manager’s beliefs form his or her reality that drives behavior. Catch people doing things right.

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Deming on Management: Psychology

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The idea that the human nature of the people working in the organization is an important consideration in managing those organization seems obvious. Blog Posts. Psychology.

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Deming on Management: Psychology

Deming Institute

Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The idea that the human nature of the people working in the organization is an important consideration in managing those organization seems obvious. Blog Posts. Psychology.

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In Case You Missed It: Nelson Mandela on Leadership + Info Graphics on Employee Engagement & Gen Y

leaderCommunicator

Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts. Each week I read and tweet several great articles and on Fridays pull some of the best together here on my blog. Subscribe to our blog, today!' So in case you’ve missed them, here is this week’s round-up of top posts. An informal survey….

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