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The Unspoken Role of Confidence in Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Whilst leading the organisation does often come with a title – like CEO or Managing Director – leading a group of people does not. In companies, we sometimes offer our people training in presentation skills, which help them to project confidence to others.

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How to achieve a flow state of mind

Chartered Management Institute

But why should managers care about flow? Studies have also highlighted the desirable aspects of the flow state for companies as a means for entire organisations to maximise the opportunities for people to flourish and make meaningful contributions. Management attention is one of an organisation’s most precious resources.

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Dehumanizing with AI, Automation, and Technical Optimization

The Practical Leader

In the early 1900s, Frederick Taylor, used “Scientific Management” principles to make the new production lines more efficient. Workers became cogs in the machine; shut off their minds, shut their mouths, and did what engineers and managers told them to do. They had a massive turnover problem.

McGregor 101
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0712 | How to Build a High Performing Culture

LDRLB

Need Doshi and Lindsay McGregor are partners in life, work, and writing. In This episode, You’ll Learn: Why most company cultures suck. Under New Management. Under New Management Preorder Bonuses. The are the founders of the consulting firm Vega Factor and authors of Primed to Perform. Why TOMO is the antidote for FOMO.

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EBM: X&Y

LDRLB

Theory X and Theory Y are theories of human motivation created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the 1960s. McGregor felt that companies followed either one or the other approach. For McGregor, Theory X and Y are not different sides of the same coin.

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Most Popular Management and Leadership Quotes on Our Site in 2016

Curious Cat

These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2016 (based on page views). The answer to the question managers so often ask of behavioral scientists “How do you motivate people?” ” – Douglas McGregor. Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.

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What Circuit City Learned About Valuing Employees

Harvard Business Review

In 1960, 11 years after he founded the company that became Circuit City, my father Sam Wurtzel was reading a book he couldn't put down: The Human Side of Enterprise , by MIT professor Douglas McGregor. The next morning, he called McGregor's office and asked for a meeting with him. But Sam was creative and tenacious.