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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

CO2

In other words, just because a need is met doesn’t mean that it’s met forever or that flaws don’t develop. McClelland’s Need Theory: A Tool for Effective Leadership McClelland’s Need Theory, known for its empirical backing, categorizes needs into Achievement, Authority/Power, and Affiliation.

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Mastering your Inner Game of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

They provide a unique window on the impact overly controlling, self-centered leadership styles can have on others: “Regarding the letter you sent, the heart of your servant is ill, when my lord said: Don’t you know how to read a letter? What are the enduring qualities of great leadership?