Next Level Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

First, we moved to a new house and, second, a global pandemic started. You may not have moved to a new house recently but you’re definitely experiencing the global pandemic. For instance, the calendar reminded me that I had two day-long leadership development sessions to deliver in St. Louis the first week of April.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Relationship Oriented and Goal Oriented: Developing and sustaining high-quality workplace relationships is becoming more important. Flat organizational structures, globalization, and employees’ desire to stretch themselves and learn new skills necessitate that you have healthy relationships.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2014

In the early 1940s, Abraham Maslow started asking questions about human motivation— questions I study, too. Today, the theory is usually depicted as a pyramid, although Maslow didn’t use one in his original writings; it’s a textbook creation. In 1943, he published his first article on a theory he called the Hierarchy of Needs.

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Maslow Motivation Bottom-up Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

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. Consider Yoplait, the global yogurt brand owned by food giant General Mills. Under Armour, Inc. offers a good example.

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Loyalty Marketing Apparel Maslow 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis and numerous corporate scandals, a director now confronts not only complex oversight accountability, but also personal risk and liability. 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.

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Compliance Maslow Short-term Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

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?

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Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

He advocated for developing a character of virtuosity that leads to happiness for one’s self and others. Developing strategic virtues in the minds of stakeholders has the potential to turn positive emotion into a real competitive advantage. And the missing link is emotion. The Aristotelian Alternative. When CSR Is Only Skin Deep.

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