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Understanding Team Needs in Leadership: A Guide to Need Theories

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In the realm of leadership, recognizing and addressing the diverse needs of team members is crucial. Maslow knew that there were exceptions to his theory, but it has largely withstood the test of time and become, in many ways, the benchmark:Although most psychologist would agree the model is dated today even though it is abondently used.

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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. McClelland’s Need Theory.