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Leading with Trust

Great Leadership By Dan

Zak, PhD : One-third of business leaders surveyed in 2015 said that retaining colleagues is their number one concern. Philosophers such as Aristotle, and psychologists including Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, and Martin Seligman have argued that personal growth is necessary for human flourishing. Guest post by Paul J.

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GC24: Killer Gamification: Engaging for Impact

Engaging Leader

Even so, Gartner also predicted that by 2015, 40% of Global 1000 organizations will use gamification as the primary mechanism to transform business operations. If poor design is a primary culprit of failed gamification, how can you improve your chances of success?

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Marketers Need to Stop Focusing on Loyalty and Start Thinking About Relevance

Harvard Business Review

Abraham Maslow’s oft-quoted “hierarchy of needs” — first published in 1943 — provides a good start. Maslow sought to map the psychological needs of humans and their motivations. To become this kind of living business, with a new understanding of customer needs, we need a new definition of relevance.

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The Internet Is Finally Forcing Management to Care About People

Harvard Business Review

It includes Mary Parker Follett (1920s), Elton Mayo and Chester Barnard (1930s), Abraham Maslow (1940s), Douglas McGregor (1960s), Peter Drucker (1970s), Peters and Waterman (1980s), Katzenbach and Smith (1990s), and Gary Hamel (2000s). The choice for organizations today is: change or die.