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Dehumanizing with AI, Automation, and Technical Optimization

The Practical Leader

Over the next few decades, leading companies and human performance researchers found that empowering workers to use their heads, hearts, and hands significantly boosted morale and productivity. The company was growing so rapidly they were having big problems finding people to staff their production facilities.

McGregor 101
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The Impact Of Leaders On Personal Transformation

Tanveer Naseer

The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. For example, consider the story of a middle manager whose boss, one of the most respected people in the company, gave him some tough feedback that most people wouldn’t have the courage to give. You’re becoming a brown noser.”

McGregor 278