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How The Six Goal Genres Resolve the Conflict of Goals vs Goallessness

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

I don’t think I have any goals right now. I am a goal-setter, always have been, and have achieved almost all that I have set…. So…is it a problem to feel goal-less in my life and career? How is being goal-less affecting my work…? What exactly is a goal and why are goals important? The Six Goal Genres.

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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

CO2

Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Abraham Maslow’s well-known theory suggests that humans prioritize lower-order needs (like safety and physiological needs) before higher-order needs (such as social, esteem, and self-actualization). Applying Alderfer’s ERG Theory in Team Leadership Clayton P.

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Growth is a Continual Choice

Tony Mayo

–Abraham Maslow, psychologist See also The Way of Transformation on this blog. Quotes and Aphorisms Goal Setting How to Set Goals' One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

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Stop Leading! You’re Bleeding Off Passion

Lead Change Blog

We start with a standard definition of leadership—influencing people to act toward achieving a goal. Leaders influence by selling— outlining to followers the benefits of pursuing a goal, making a change, or embracing a new initiative. Consider the goal, the real intent, and the best action needed, if any. Before leading, stop!

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How to Motivate Yourself

Let's Grow Leaders

Work your way up Maslow’s hierarchy. Set Achieveable Goals. Articulate your goals, and surround yourself with people who will help to keep you on track. Focus on Your Basic Needs First. If you need sleep and food, get that first. It’s hard to be motivated to change the world if you’re exhausted.

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Leading with Trust

Great Leadership By Dan

Philosophers such as Aristotle, and psychologists including Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, and Martin Seligman have argued that personal growth is necessary for human flourishing. The co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs said, “The goal is for our analysts to want to be here for a career. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”

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What Are Your Needs?

CO2

Today, we’ll review three attempts to classify human needs: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Alderfer’s ERG Theory, and McClelland’s Need Theory. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. According to Abraham Maslow, humans feel compelled to satisfy lower-order needs before attending to higher-order needs. McClelland’s Need Theory.