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Deep Motivations, Not Competencies, Drive Leadership Performance

The Empowered Buisness

how to do something faster, better or cheaper) over procedures; high motivation toward goals, rather than avoiding problems; and high future time orientation with a focus on long term strategies, future customer needs and environmental changes. They want to pay more attention to a long term, rather than short term, view.

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Leadership Is About to Get More Uncomfortable

Harvard Business Review

Altrocentric leaders will be capable of long-term vision encompassing both global and local perspectives. Altrocentric leaders, on the other hand, derive power from motivating, not controlling, others. Adept at engaging rather than commanding, they see themselves as just one integral part of the whole.

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Shifting from Star Performer to Star Manager

Harvard Business Review

You’re focused on achieving your goals and getting results… but before long, you’ve got problems. The late, great scholar David McClelland studied three human needs, or motivators that are profoundly important when it comes to managing people: the need for achievement, the need for power, and the need for affiliation.