David McClelland quotes

David McClelland quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Whatever the source of the leader's ideas, he cannot inspire his people unless he expresses vivid goals which in some sense they want. Of course, the more closely he meets their needs, the less "persuasive" he has to be, but in no case does it make sense to speak as if his role is force submission. Rather it is to strengthen and uplift, to make people feel that they are the origins, not the pawns, of the socio-political system.”
-- David McClelland

Source : "Leadership: what every leader should know about people". Book by Robert A. Portnoy (p. 16), 1986.

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“Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment.”
-- David McClelland

Source : "Interview by David C. McClelland" by Katherine Adams, in Competency, vol. 4 no.3, pp.18 - 23, Spring, 1997.

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