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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

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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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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. The question becomes how best to influence. Leaders influence by selling— outlining to followers the benefits of pursuing a goal, making a change, or embracing a new initiative. Communications is another influence tool.

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Influencing Creativity and Innovation

Persuasive Powerhouse

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? Posted in Uncategorized 7 Responses to “Influencing Creativity and Innovation&# Brian Groves : July 26, 2010 at 2:32 pm Great article and vital info for business leaders of today and tomorrow. I’d love to hear from you. What have you seen work for others?

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Choose growth

Lead Change Blog

Falling into a fixed mindset can sneak up on us and become a daily companion that influences our thoughts, feelings, and actions either in a positive or negative way. Abraham Maslow, psychologist. In the other—the world of changing qualities—it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.”.

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What Are Your Needs?

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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. Stuart-Kotze, 2009).

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EBM: X&Y

LDRLB

McGregor incorporated Maslow’s hierarchy of needs into his theories. He grouped Maslow’s hierarchy into “lower order” (Theory X) needs and “higher order” (Theory Y) needs. If managers felt the need to apply Theory X principles, that does not preclude them from being a part of Theory Y.

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M: Self-Determination

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That is the main concern of self-determination theory, which examines the motivation behind the choices people make without external interference and influence. Yet, in some ways, the theory brings the field full circle by expanding on the ideas of self-actualization first proposed by Maslow. David Burkus is the editor of LeaderLab.

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