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A More Effective Board of Directors

Harvard Business Review

We found that boards tend to progress from good-to-great along a four-phase continuum: 1) foundational, 2) developed, 3) advanced, and 4) strategic. The continuum essentially represents a corporate hierarchy of needs, akin to the famous personal-development hierarchy created by psychologist Abraham Maslow.

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The Pursuit of Happiness

Chris Brady

One theory posits that happiness is like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Scam Orrin Woodward and Me out of a free book!) | Main | Reading for Lifetime Growth » November 30, 2010 The Pursuit of Happiness "Don't make that face! There are many interesting theories.

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People Are the Puck

Harvard Business Review

Whether developing a new venture, managing an internal corporate innovation initiative, or working to develop globally successful product and service designs (my profession), nothing is more important than understanding what people need and desire in context of what the competition is providing. So what do you do?