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Leading Thoughts for May 11, 2023

Leading Blog

I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Douglas McGregor on motivation: “The motivation, the potential for development, the capacity for assuming responsibility, the readiness to direct behavior toward organizational goals are all present in people.

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The Unspoken Role of Confidence in Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

The latter, because of its lack of position power, implies the ability to influence without it. 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.

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When Deming Goes to School

Deming Institute

Deming said your sources of power come from primarily 3 sources. The second source of power is knowledge. The second source of power is knowledge. The third source of power is personality. I previously wrote a post on this idea: Knowledge, Personality, and Persuasive Power.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

Carlyle believed that history could largely be explained through the actions of “great men,” individuals who he believed exerted high levels of influence over others through their inborn charisma, intelligence, wisdom, or drive for power. According to Burns’ book, transformational leadership exists in opposition to transactional leadership.

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The “String” Theory of Systems Management in Schools

Deming Institute

Anyone who takes a systems perspective with regard to educational leadership likely understands and appreciates the power of these words. Edwards Deming once wrote that a system needed to be managed, for without management the “parts” tend to act in their own interests and “sub-optimize” the system.

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The Impact Of Leaders On Personal Transformation

Tanveer Naseer

The term was coined by James McGregor Burns, the Pulitzer Prize winning author and historian. Transform yourself first There is no more powerful way to inspire others to change than to change yourself first. Transform with opportunity Benjamin Disraeli was right, “Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.”

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The Internet Is Finally Forcing Management to Care About People

Harvard Business Review

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). As a result, customers’ expectations are raised.