Leader vs. Manager vs. Executive … one of these 3 terms does not belong here.
Which one? Leader! In business, leadership is a trait of a manager useful to exert formal authority in interacting …
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“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer
“Show me a great company and I’ll show you one that has radically changed itself and is looking forward to the opportunity of doing so again.” Lawrence Bossidy
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.” Colin Powel
”If you don’t get what you want, it’s a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price.” Rudyard Kipling
”In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you’ve got a good team, you can’t do much with the other two.” Lee Iacocca
Psychologist David McClelland has developed a Theory of Needs that focuses not on the hierarchical relationship between them ( Maslow & Alderfer) but on how the needs are shaped over time and how …
In 1969 Clayton Alderfer published in the Psychological Review an article entitled “An Empirical Test of a New Theory of Human Need”. He expanded Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs by defining three categories in …
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is very intuitive. It just feels right. These needs include:
Physiological needs – survival
Safety needs – security
Belongingness needs – part of a community of two or many
Esteem needs – need …
Motivation is seen in the quantity and quality of the effort you put in reaching the goal of the organization. Performance is how the organization quantifies how closer you are of reaching the …
You are persistent in your work and make the effort in the direction of the goal set for you by your employer. In organizational behavior this equals a motivated employee.
Motivation has two components: …
Organizational commitment is an attitude that describes the psychological attachment of the employee with the organization.
According to John Meyer and Natalie Allen there are three different types of organizational commitment:
Affective commitment is based …
A job is not only about the money. It is about a compensation that is satisfactory, a challenging work environment, the opportunities for moving forward in your career, and about the people that …
Satisfied with you job? Yes, no, it depends.
Job satisfaction is personal experience, your overall attitude next to your job. An attitude is a combination of beliefs and values (see previous posts).
The difference between …
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