Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

John teaches men and women to achieve positive results by focusing on communication, influence, motivation and supervision. Then curiously, likely on the advise of legal counsel, he pulled back and seemed unable to manage the crisis. McClelland was a general without any sense of timing or engagement. He even went to Houma, La.,

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Satisfy the motive and you will manage the behavior. Effective managers are typically more oriented toward details, as are functions like quality control and accounting. This set of patterns influences your focus, decision making and thinking style. It is one of three core motivational drivers identified by McClelland.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 6, 2020

Starting in the 1960s, the late Harvard psychologist David McClelland and a group of researchers wanted to understand great leadership and why it matters. Rather, they possessed a unique motivational profile - a very pronounced need for power or influence. McClelland called these qualities ‘socialized’ power.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

And in fact, we must influence people at work all the time. And to influence, we must have power, the real currency in workplaces. Office politics is really just the art of influencing others so we can get stuff done at work. Learn what it takes in your organization to influence individuals and groups. All of us need it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Now, you’re going to be managing a team of high-performers in a division of your company that everyone’s buzzing about. I’m not sure they even really need a manager, they’re that good and that motivated.” You noticed, I’m sure, that you’re the third new manager appointed in the past two years?”

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

When I ran the Talent Management division of a large global consulting firm after I left GE, I realized that these consultants were working from concepts that were academic vs. real life. Unless you've actually been in the shoes of your clients, I don't think you have a right to advise them. the hard work of being a leader 2.

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