Engaging Leader

JANUARY 15, 2016

To find a systematic, data-driven approach to shape culture, former McKinsey consultant Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi surveyed over 20,000 workers around the world, analyzed 50 major companies, and conducted scores of experiments before arriving at one major conclusion: Why people work determines how well they work. Most business leaders today realize that a strong organizational culture is critical to success.

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LDRLB

MARCH 22, 2016

Need Doshi and Lindsay McGregor are partners in life, work, and writing. Leadership Podcast culture Doshi leadership mcgregor motivationThe are the founders of the consulting firm Vega Factor and authors of Primed to Perform. In this interview, we dive deep into culture, systems, and motivation. We define TOMO and outline how the science of motivation can help build high performing cultures. Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen on Stitcher ].

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Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

This method of management may well be fueled by Douglas McGregor’s “Theory X” mentality in which a leader has little faith that those they lead are capable of being productive and contributing members of the organization.

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LDRLB

MAY 26, 2010

Theory X and Theory Y are theories of human motivation created and developed by Douglas McGregor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the 1960s. McGregor felt that companies followed either one or the other approach. For McGregor, Theory X and Y are not different sides of the same coin. McGregor incorporated Maslow’s hierarchy of needs into his theories. Leadership mcgregor theory x&y

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 20, 2011

Bob's blog entries Graham McGregor How the savvy see opportunity - and capitalize on it! By now you should be familiar with Jeffrey Fox and his several bestselling business books, with the most recent being his best…thus far: How to Be a Fierce Competitor: What Winning Companies and Grerat Managers Do in Tough Times (2010). I just received an email alert from his website that includes this offer: You can [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 5, 2012

Bob's blog entries A brilliant discussion of thirteen "geniuses of modern business" Abraham Maslow Douglas McGregor Alfred Du Pont Chandler Alfred Sloan and Ideas Andrea Gabor Art Kleiner Chester Barnard Chris Argyris Edgar H.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 3, 2012

Uncategorized A brilliant discussion of thirteen "geniuses of modern business" Abraham Maslow Douglas McGregor Alfred Du Pont Chandler Alfred Sloan and Ideas Andrea Gabor Art Kleiner Chester Barnard Chris Argyris Edgar H.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 16, 2011

The next year (1948) Douglas McGregor (best remembered for The Human Side of Enterprise and its description of leadership approaches Theory X and Theory Y) became Antioch’s president. This began a close mentoring relationship until McGregor’s early and sudden death in 1964. Peter Drucker was often called the father of modern management thinking. Warren Bennis has been described as the father of leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 16, 2019

An even better distinction comes in the differences between transactional and transformational leadership – a term brought to prominence by James McGregor Burns in the political sphere and then adopted in business. Guest post from Karen J. Hewitt: Leadership is one of the most regularly used words in the world of business, and arguably one of the most important. But what does it really mean, and is it delivering what it promises in organisations?

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Mike Cardus

MAY 3, 2020

Business metaphors often return to McGregor’s theory x and theory y of manager’s perceptions of workers. The use of metaphors for organization development , capacity building, and change can create multiple paths for you and your team to make decisions and solve problems.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 6, 2013

The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. The following is a guest piece by Bill Treasurer. A lot has been written about Transformational Leadership. In his book “ Leadership ” he talks about the transformational impact that occurs on performance and morale when a leader connects a follower’s sense of identity to the collective identity of the organization.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In 1960, MIT management professor, Douglas McGregor’s book, The Human Side of Enterprise, outlined the opposing motivational approaches of Theory X and Theory Y.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Image by David McGregor. Time is a valuable asset. There are not enough hours in the day for a church leader to achieve everything they could do. Some of the things leaders spend their time doing produce a low return while other things produce a tremendous return or benefits. Great church leaders are stewards of their time by concentrating on certain top priorities.

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Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 15, 2013

He discerns a similar dialogue at work in Douglas McGregor’s highly influential Theory X (top-down control) and Theory Y (people can be trusted to do their work), viewing these two organizational types not as opposing ideologies but as polarities that express the full spectrum of an organizational culture that is ultimately rooted in the complexity of human nature. The following is a guest post by contributing editor of strategy+business Sally Helgesen.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 17, 2017

” – Douglas McGregor. These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2016 (based on page views). Follow the link on the quote text for the source and more information on the quote. Having no problems is the biggest problem of all. – Taiichi Ohno. Performance appraisal is that occasion when once a year you find out who claims sovereignty over you. – Peter Block. Don’t look with your eyes, look with your feet.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 20, 2015

This is in line with many thinkers, teachers and writers on organisations and management including Douglas McGregor, Frederick Herzberg and William Ouchi. The linked to article that aims to provides an overview of the essence of Deming’s approach to management and its continuing relevance to managers: The Model of Sustainable Organisation by Alan Clark. A manager, said Deming, is primarily a manager of People.

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LDRLB

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The second was the chapter “Theory X & Theory Why” a tribute to McGregor that makes the case for hiring self-motivated people so management doesn’t have to supervise. I’ve been playing around a lot with the idea of democracy in organizations (and the feasibility of its extremist cousin, decentralization).

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MAY 7, 2020

There was a time when the focus of that distinction was on determining whether a manager had Theory X or Theory Y assumptions about others (Douglas McGregor).

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Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Human Side of Enterprise by Douglas McGregor. Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the second of a series of posts that will provide resources for those interested in particular topics related to W. Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The first post explored the PDSA cycle. Psychology.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 12, 2016

” – Douglas McGregor. These were the most popular quotes on the Curious Cat Management and Leadership Quotes web site in 2015 (based on page views). Follow the link on the quote text for the source and more information on the quote. Having no problems is the biggest problem of all. – Taiichi Ohno. Managers who don’t know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure. – Russell Ackoff.

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Deming Institute

JULY 1, 2019

Human Side of Enterprise by Douglas McGregor. Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog (since 2004). This is the second of a series of posts that will provide resources for those interested in particular topics related to W. Edwards Deming’s ideas on management. The first post explored the PDSA cycle. Psychology.

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leaderCommunicator

JUNE 28, 2013

What Nelson Mandela Had to Say About Leadership By: Jena McGregor via The Washington Post Nelson Mandela remained in critical condition Monday due to a recurring lung infection for the second day — sobering news about the revered 94-year-old icon who, as Time managing editor Richard Stengel once called him …. Welcome to my weekly round-up of top leadership and communication blog posts.

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Deming Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

There is a big shift in thinking from thinking that a manager must motivate people to thinking a manager needs to remove the barriers to people’s intrinsic motivation (this of course was explained by Douglas McGregor in 1960 with theory x and theory y thinking in his book The Human Side of Enterprise). Guest post by John Hunter , author of the Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 17, 2011

In using the pessimism and optimism contrasts of the Range of Reality with executives and managers, we’d often draw parallels with concepts like Douglas McGregor’s well known Theory X and Theory Y leadership models (Theory X beliefs; people are lazy, will rip you off, need to be “snoopervised,&# and must be threatened and coerced. Culture change continues to be a hot topic because it’s vital to successfully implementing change and improvement efforts.

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Rapid BI

DECEMBER 6, 2012

McGregor Theory X Y. 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. These pages have proved so popular that we now offer unbranded PowerPoint slides for you to download and use. Please note many of the models on the slides are copyright – please use appropriately. Go back to page 1 of the models.

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Joseph Lalonde

MAY 23, 2016

John and the gang were inspired by Long Way Round with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. M any years ago, my life was touched by a special book. That book was Wild At Heart by John Eldredge. The message pulled at my heart. It pulled at my spirit. This book made me believe there was more to life than watching TV, playing video games, and being alone. My life was meant to be a story. That same message is true today.

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CO2

APRIL 20, 2012

It has been the subject of countless books, articles, and academic investigations from the 1980s up to the present day, including a seminal work on the theory by James McGregor Burns in 1978. 14 Fascinating Theories from Leadership Studies. Posted on Tuesday April 10, 2012by Staff Writers at BestCollegesOnline.com. If you’ve never delved into the field of leadership studies as a businessperson or college student , you really should.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2012

In 1960, 11 years after he founded the company that became Circuit City, my father Sam Wurtzel was reading a book he couldn't put down: The Human Side of Enterprise , by MIT professor Douglas McGregor. McGregor had been writing on the topic for years — including in this 1957 article (restrospective commentary from 1972) on performance appraisals in HBR — and Sam was captivated by his ideas. The next morning, he called McGregor's office and asked for a meeting with him.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

You've probably heard that President Obama is getting flak for surrounding himself with a bevy of male advisers as he begins his second term, and Jena McGregor agrees that there's a diversity problem in the president's inner circle — but not just because of gender. McGregor argues that Obama needs to include "unconventional voices" on his team as well. Shoplifting is big business, and it costs retailers billions of dollars in profit each year.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

A slower worker doesn’t just reduce a team’s productivity — he can also hurt his colleagues’ morale, says Lindsay McGregor, the coauthor of Primed to Perform and co-founder of Vega Factor. “Start with assuming positive intent,” says McGregor. “One of the most difficult things for someone to learn in a new role is figuring out what ‘good’ looks like,” says McGregor.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Warren credited various influences, including Douglas McGregor, whose exposition of Theory X versus Theory Y famously opened managers’ eyes to better ways of managing people. McGregor was president of Antioch College when Warren arrived there fresh from World War II, highly attuned to the dynamics between leaders and those who depend upon them. The sad news came over the weekend that Warren Bennis has died. For us at HBR it is the loss of a long-time author and friend.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

Then-president of UAW Local 22 at the plant, George McGregor said Barra was “a people person, great to work with.” When you find yourself thinking about old-fashioned, out-of-touch, hierarchical, siloed organizations, General Motors quickly comes to mind.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago. I believe that Steve Jobs was among the best CEOs of this generation because he created entirely new categories six times in a decade, and built the largest company market cap ever. Yet two recent and excellent books ( Inside Apple , by Adam Lashinsky and Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson) describe a management style that was disturbingly harsh.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2015

It includes Mary Parker Follett (1920s), Elton Mayo and Chester Barnard (1930s), Abraham Maslow (1940s), Douglas McGregor (1960s), Peter Drucker (1970s), Peters and Waterman (1980s), Katzenbach and Smith (1990s), and Gary Hamel (2000s). The humanist strand of management thinking that celebrates teams and collaboration through respect for customers and workers as human beings has a long and distinguished history.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Douglas McGregor’s “Theory Y” is representative of the genre. Organization as machine – this imagery from our industrial past continues to cast a long shadow over the way we think about management today. It isn’t the only deeply-held and rarely examined notion that affects how organizations are run. Managers still assume that stability is the normal state of affairs and change is the unusual state (a point I particularly challenge in The End of Competitive Advantage ).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

But the outpouring of opinions, argues Jena McGregor , may be a good thing: "As long as the argument persists about how to get more women at the top, it remains on everyone''s minds — and hopefully, on more people''s agendas."

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The parallel that springs most readily to mind, especially when one learns about the systematic ways in which the Party selects, trains, and promotes its leaders (recommended reading: Richard McGregor’s The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers ), is that of a big corporation — IBM or GM in their Organization Man heydays.

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