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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

The Empowered Buisness

Yet companies continue to invest in skills development only to be disappointed by little or no difference in performance. They want to pay more attention to a long term, rather than short term, view. It is one of three core motivational drivers identified by McClelland.

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Shifting from Star Performer to Star Manager

Harvard Business Review

You’re focused on achieving your goals and getting results… but before long, you’ve got problems. The late, great scholar David McClelland studied three human needs, or motivators that are profoundly important when it comes to managing people: the need for achievement, the need for power, and the need for affiliation.

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Leadership Is About to Get More Uncomfortable

Harvard Business Review

Altrocentric leaders will be capable of long-term vision encompassing both global and local perspectives. Organizations need to develop leaders who are motivated by altrocentric leadership. Adept at engaging rather than commanding, they see themselves as just one integral part of the whole.

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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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