Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 6, 2020
Starting in the 1960s, the late Harvard psychologist David McClelland and a group of researchers wanted to understand great leadership and why it matters. Rather, they possessed a unique motivational profile - a very pronounced need for power or influence. McClelland called these qualities ‘socialized’ power.
The Office Blend Blog
JANUARY 28, 2019
Ambition — for better or worse — is a trait that is often associated with the need for power, rather than that of achievement. You can see McClelland’s work here ). Her ambition was portrayed as ending in powerful loss. It’s definition should be broadened to include not only power, but progress.
N2Growth Blog
MAY 17, 2010
The best analogy I can think of to highlight the value of these points is an obvious yet powerful example from my days in the military. This tracks the "drives" theory of David McClelland. I agree that it's also extremely difficult to advise someone if you have not walked in their shoes. Ron Mike, Robert E.
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