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Choose growth

Lead Change Blog

She divided mindsets into two categories—fixed and growth—and defined them this way: “In a fixed mindset , people believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits. In the other—the world of changing qualities—it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Abraham Maslow, psychologist.

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Motivation in the Modern Workplace

The Center For Leadership Studies

Two contributing pioneers from “ the way-back machine ” in that regard were Abraham Maslow and Frederick Herzberg. The Hierarchy of Needs (Maslow, 1954). It is truly difficult to imagine what life in an organization was like back in the day of Maslow and Herzberg.

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Thought-full Thursday: Relationship Quality

Persuasive Powerhouse

As we organize, we need to keep inquiring into the quality of our relationships. Are you evaluating the quality of the relationships you have and others have at work? Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services.

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Great Leadership: a Lot of This and That

Persuasive Powerhouse

Tanveer Naseer wrote a wonderful post recently where he asked, “ Is Leadership an Art or a Science? Great leadership behaviors require a lot of blending and the ability to balance seemingly contrasting behaviors; a lot of this’s and that’s. They are what makes the practice of leadership hard and rewarding.

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Thought-full Thursday: Christmas Gifts for Leaders to Give

Persuasive Powerhouse

Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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leadership and management models download- page 2a

Rapid BI

Leadership and Management Models Download PowerPoint Slides – page 2a. At RapidBI we use many management and leadership models and through the process of using them we have developed a library of 100?s. This set contains the slides from all of our management, change, talent & leadership models slide sets.

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Seven Key Thoughts About Managing Human Resources

QAspire

The answer would be mostly “No” and will lead to some food for thought on leadership. Abraham Maslow said that one of the fundamental needs of human beings is “Esteem” – a desire to be accepted and valued by others. - - - - - - - - - - - - - P.S: People work well when they do something they love doing. Leverage their strengths.