Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 23, 2023

Scientists think that the brain’s dopamine reward system plays an integral role – the “feel good” chemical that’s released when we do something pleasurable. The outside world, or any problems or issues cease to exist, generating a sense of efficacy. It’s a feeling of immersive joy, motivation and concentration. What's going on in the brain?

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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. What the Experts Say. Find the source of the sluggishness.

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McGregor How To Brainstorming Micromanagement 11

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). Sooner or later, firms revert to stultifying bureaucratic practices as if on zombie-like auto-pilot.

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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. People, given respect, the context and freedom to contribute, make the difference in achieving enduring organisational success.

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