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Endo and Exoskeleton plus natural metaphors for organizational capacity

Mike Cardus

Business metaphors often return to McGregor’s theory x and theory y of manager’s perceptions of workers. When the organization feels under or over its capacity (weak IT systems, management problems, short-staffed, fallen behind in the market, disruption), I say it is like a weight lifter on steroids.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

It was first proposed by Dr. Paul Hersey and Dr. Ken Blanchard , who believed that leaders chose their leadership style based on the maturity or level of the follower,dividing up the necessary leadership behaviors into four different quadrants. CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP THEORY. SUBSTITUTES FOR LEADERSHIP THEORY.