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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. McClelland called these qualities ‘socialized’ power. In our early careers a certain amount of ego is essential to drive success.

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The Leadership Vacuum | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Or perhaps I still haven't earned it after coaching well over 500 executives. In a world where anyone can self anoint as an executive coach, it is not clear when one earns the right to be that which they claim. This tracks the "drives" theory of David McClelland. I believe I have, but who knows?

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