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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

The Empowered Buisness

Your underlying (and often unconscious) attitudes and motivations determine what you pay attention to and focus on in your leadership role. Before delving into 7 key leadership motivation patterns, let’s first look at 3 often-missed truths about performance. Satisfy the motive and you will manage the behavior.

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The 4 Types of Organizational Politics

Harvard Business Review

Studies show that individuals with political skills tend to do better in gaining more personal power as well as managing stress and job demands, than their politically naive counterparts. But conversely, the sharp edges of hard power can wreck a plan. The Chairman used his formal power to stop the changes.