Persuasive Powerhouse

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Mary Jo Asmus Posted in Uncategorized 2 Responses to “Thought-full Thursday: Christmas Gifts for Leaders to Give&# Dan Rockwell : December 23, 2010 at 5:35 pm Mary Jo, You matter!

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Next Level Blog

MARCH 24, 2020

I’m writing this post on the morning of Monday, March 23 and to be very honest with you, last Thursday was the first day since all of this really started that I felt anything like normal in terms of my usual focus and productivity. The conversational topics have definitely changed but the rhythm hasn’t.

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Operations Class Crisis Definition 151

The Idolbuster

OCTOBER 26, 2012

In 1943 Abraham Maslow clearly explained our hierarchy of needs includes being respected, accepted or valued by others. Today we’ll take a break from Busting Your Corporate Idol for this timely guest post from Omer Soker, Founder of The Ethics Of Success. .

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Cooper Motivation Herzberg Maslow 48

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 27, 2010

We were productive to no end! Also, I remember a time when I worked for a big University. Our team was very focused and hard-working but also enjoyed each other very much and it made a HUGE difference in the quality and scope of our work. Thanks for the mention and for the great post.

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Open-book Resistance Follow-up Greenleaf 248

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

Consider how Apple has been able to capitalize on the first I-Pod with additional, similar products that capitalize on its attractive design and user interface features. Communicate the successes: Having some successes and communicating them will energize your organization to step up to the plate on additional creative efforts.

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Creativity Influence Innovation Brainstorming 183

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Tanveer Naseer helps leaders’ to protect their blind side with tips on how to ease someone back into the team after an absence in Helping Employees Regain Their Productivity After A Prolonged Absence. Lessons from Gilbert and Sullivan.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 220

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The power to communicate is the key to forging productive relationships. A simple change of tactic can bring you from “you have a problem with your piece of the product,&# to “I could be wrong, but it seems there’s a problem with the piece you worked on.&# Your comments and answers to the questions are most welcome!

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Self-aware Blog Learning-by-Doing Greenleaf 140

Persuasive Powerhouse

JUNE 20, 2010

The thankyou doesn’t cost the company anything and consider the benefits in productivity and loyalty! Giving the team credit for a job well done is not a common thing done by leaders these days. When I have been thanked in the past I am so ready to work harder. I have thanked those that helped me be successful.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Open-book 206

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Greg helps gang members who are looking for a way out to become productive members of society through the motto, “nothing stops a bullet like a job&#. Gang related deaths in the area of LA where Homeboy resides have declined by 75% since the bakery opened in 1992 and the LA police believe that Homeboy played a significant role in this.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2018

Abraham Maslow’s oft-quoted “hierarchy of needs” — first published in 1943 — provides a good start. Maslow sought to map the psychological needs of humans and their motivations. Pride: Customers feel proud and inspired to use the company’s products and services.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 31, 2010

I especially enjoy working with groups of people and getting them to talk together and learn from each other and to find ways to work together more productively. I am passionate about working with people who have a desire to grow; the kind of people that understand that their success in life and work is up to them.

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Skills Books Blog Mentor 181

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

On this Labor Day, I give homage to those who shaped my own early career: Mom: Who taught me the art of domestic engineering: how to wash dishes, vacuum floors, make beds, and do the laundry with a sense of pride in the finished product.

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Influence Blog Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing 174

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I agree it is hard to confront your boss and it is even harder to go over your boss but it can hurt the organization and its productivity. Davor Milicevic: September 20, 2010 at 8:57 pm Bad leadership has to be confronted. If someone makes bad decisions you cannot hope that will change.

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Leadership Follow-up Blog Greenleaf 150

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2011

A steep price promotion can make consumers permanently price sensitive by lowering the reference price they expect to pay, and price promotions can distract customers from products' benefits, causing irreversible damage to brands. One circumstance in which price promotions do work is when a company introduces a product to consumers.

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Innovation Hammer Maslow Discount 15

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

At my last job, even as my supervisors were mainly focused on efficiently fulfilling tasks, such as acquiring products and delivering orders, they were open to helping us and allowed us to grow as workers. Among my colleagues, we saw the good intent of everyone to produce their best work, while we rushed to fill orders.

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Cooperrider Leadership Altman Blog 169

The Practical Leader

MAY 16, 2011

I didn’t know of Warren’s pioneering involvement with those organizations and his work with NTL founder, Kurt Levin, and Abraham Maslow (famous for his Hierarchy of Human Needs.)

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McGregor Open-book Review Leadership 40

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Having a manager who can positively inspire her employees creates a positive and productive atmosphere. I have run into many leaders that will describe their views and opinions and act completely different. I think the next step is for employees to find the inspiration within themselves and use it to inspire the people around them.

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How To Definition Blog Follow-up 222

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Christian Fey : October 18, 2010 at 4:58 pm Asking for assistance is, I think, a very underutilized and under-esteemed productivity gain. Namely, that there can be a productivity gain, and you can make new connections. It seems to me that most people are happy to help and actually enjoy it, so theres no good reason to get frustrated.

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Delegation Learning-by-Doing Blog Mentor 154

Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This concept has really helped my collegues and I to be more productive as well as more satisfied. Ricky Medina: September 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm Hello Mary Jo, Great post. Sometimes you have to go slow in the beginning in order to move faster later on. By taking the extra time up front, we can identify areas where we can support each other.

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Blog Greenleaf Maslow Follow-up 124

Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Even an unpleasant task can be handled in a way where everyone may not like the outcome, but at least be accepting (another inclusive ing) of the considerations that went into the decision.

Leadership 257

Leadership Blog Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 257

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Abraham Maslow taught us that we can’t concern ourselves with higher goals until we have the necessities of life, including security. And then, at the top—perhaps the equivalent of Maslow’s self-actualization—is the feeling that you derive meaning and purpose from the company’s mission.

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360-Degree Feedback Maslow Mission Statement Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

In early 2013 cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky approached me after reading my book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. ” Bewildered, I realized I was in deep “ship,” as I didn’t even know what it meant to ship product. That’s when Airbnb came calling. Sounded good.

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Industry Library Hotels Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

Like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for individuals, with safety and physiological needs (food, water, shelter) at the base and ego at the top, the business hierarchy of needs has five stages. Why do we have such a hard time spurring more rapid growth? Most organizations follow what I call the business hierarchy of needs.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2015

Like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for individuals, with safety and physiological needs (food, water, shelter) at the base and ego at the top, the business hierarchy of needs has five stages. Why do we have such a hard time spurring more rapid growth? Most organizations follow what I call the business hierarchy of needs.

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Compliance Short-term Maslow Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Don't get bogged down in the depressing psychopathology of your childhood, the positive psychologists say, echoing Abe Maslow and the pioneers of humanistic psychology. Much the same approach characterizes the fast-growing field of positive psychology.

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Kaplan Maslow Learning-by-Doing Positioning 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Whether developing a new venture, managing an internal corporate innovation initiative, or working to develop globally successful product and service designs (my profession), nothing is more important than understanding what people need and desire in context of what the competition is providing. So what do you do?

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Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2011

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, one of our most basic needs is to feel secure. And it's this inexplicable fright — an irrational by-product of not knowing — that keeps us from focusing on the possibility of future rewards." If you're looking to increase productivity, start with clarifying the reporting lines.

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Uncertainty Maslow Disruptive Innovation Report 15

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 22, 2019

The question of how to motivate people is a central preoccupation for most businesses: how to motivate employees to work hard; how to motivate customers to buy and recommend your company’s products; how to motivate partner organizations to work with you; how to motivate shareholders to buy your stock.

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Maslow Motivation Wilde Brand 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The Body Shop received criticism for L’Oréal’s poor reputation associated with animal-tested cosmetic products. Analogous to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs , ethical responsibility needs to reside at the lower level of the CSR pyramid. This departmentalization sends the wrong signal.

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Ethics Competitive Advantage Crisis Brand 8

Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 2, 2010

As Abraham Maslow said, “Self-knowledge and self-improvement are very difficult for most people. Because of your “blind spots,&# you may think you’re doing well in a certain area when in fact you’re creating problems for the people around you. The solution is feedback, but feedback can be hard to accept.

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Self-aware Management Maslow Video 94

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

When we think of needs and products we often go right to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs , the ubiquitous theory that human needs manifest in a specific sequence, from base survival to the pinnacle of self-actualization. If Maslow was right, brands needed to target a single need, satisfy it well, and be done.

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Forrester Maslow Brand Human Needs 11

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Because my peers understand and respect my personality differences as well as differences in communication styles, we have a much more productive working relationship. In short, our cohesion as a unit improved and this has since driven proficiency and productivity higher.

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Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

Marx’s goal was for workers to take ownership of the means of production, by which he meant factories and machinery. But in the post-industrial world, most of us are knowledge workers at least in part — the means of production is our brainpower, which we retain ownership of no matter what our job is. What about motive ?

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