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Most Popular Management and Leadership Quotes on Our Site in 2015

Curious Cat

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). ” – Douglas McGregor. Good execution of performance appraisal is not the solution. Follow the link on the quote text for the source and more information on the quote. – Taiichi Ohno.

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Steve Jobs and The Bobby Knight School of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

Yet two recent and excellent books ( Inside Apple , by Adam Lashinsky and Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson) describe a management style that was disturbingly harsh. It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago. Both were winners.

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Management’s Three Eras: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

But even as these old ideas remain in use (and indeed, are still taught), management as it is practiced by the most thoughtful executives evolves. A wealthy industrialist, Joseph Wharton aspired to produce “pillars of the state” whose leadership would extend across business and public life. Other universities followed.

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Warren Bennis, Leadership Pioneer

Harvard Business Review

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. 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.