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Why We Shy Away From Ambition

The Office Blend Blog

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.

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

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.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Are we as an industry fulfilling the mission of developing great leaders capable of handling great challenges and accomplishing great things, or are the majority of those entering our ranks just here to make a quick buck? If you Google &# leadership development&# more than 4 million search results are returned.

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