{"id":4720,"date":"2015-05-08T07:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T12:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2024-05-27T14:20:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T19:20:08","slug":"simon-sinek-meets-mr-maslow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/simon-sinek-meets-mr-maslow\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Sinek Meets Mr. Maslow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4720\" class=\"elementor elementor-4720\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d81b9a8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d81b9a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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postfix=\"mins\"><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70a0327\" data-id=\"70a0327\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-228f411 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"228f411\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/simonmaslow-qon9jxsbvalnlcfbz8rplyhxtbm9naw6iaphj6ujgg.jpg\" title=\"simon&amp;maslow\" alt=\"Simon Ponders Maslow\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3bf2e2 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3bf2e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f2bc8e\" data-id=\"7f2bc8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99023c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99023c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Remembering Abraham Maslow\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b08af3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b08af3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most of us studied\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maslow\u2019s Hierarchy of Needs<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in college. \u00a0His insight is intended to make us better managers and leaders by recognizing and responding to the evolving needs of our co-workers. \u00a0If we understand that the lower level needs are prerequisites for moving up the pyramid, it is a leader\u2019s responsibility to assure that unsatisfied lower level needs are not obstacles to higher levels of performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3d8aa5\" data-id=\"f3d8aa5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287919d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"287919d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"324\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simonmaslow.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4738\" alt=\"Simon Ponders Maslow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simonmaslow.jpg 320w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simonmaslow-148x150.jpg 148w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simonmaslow-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e4cb527 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e4cb527\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cb9b61\" data-id=\"6cb9b61\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42de8711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42de8711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/maslow2.png\" alt=\"Maslow&#039;s Heirarchy\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/maslow2.png 400w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/maslow2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p><p>It seemed like good stuff back on campus. \u00a0But how much have you considered or applied\u00a0it since?<\/p><p>How many of\u00a0today&#8217;s leader&#8217;s have abandoned Maslow&#8217;s wisdom in favor of the next managerial shiny new object?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e452b3 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e452b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-626dd71\" data-id=\"626dd71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2df520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2df520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Did Mass Layoffs Became Fashionable?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee29e19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee29e19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At\u00a0author Simon Sinek\u2019s May 5 presentation in Naperville, \u00a0Simon stated that until 1988,\u00a0<strong><em>mass layoffs<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0were rare events in the US. \u00a0But with the encouragement of a 1976\u00a0<em>Journal of Financial Economics<\/em>\u00a0article\u00a0on Supremacy of Shareholder Value, the pursuit of that\u00a0single metric (shareholder value) prevailed. \u00a0That single minded approach led to leading by numbers at the expense of leading people. \u00a0Mass layoffs became a validated management tactic. \u00a0<em><strong>Job security<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0became a causality. \u00a0Workers everywhere<strong><em>\u00a0lost that lovin\u2019 feeling<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0about their leaders.<\/p><p>What would Abraham Maslow say about that? \u00a0Good luck getting the people responsible for generating your\u00a0numbers to stop looking over their shoulders long enough feel the\u00a0<strong><em>sense of belonging<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0needed to reach level 3 and beyond.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61d686d\" data-id=\"61d686d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4242035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4242035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simon-IL1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4722\" alt=\"Simon Sinek - Speaking in Naperville\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simon-IL1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simon-IL1-135x150.jpg 135w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/simon-IL1-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Simon Sinek speaking in Naperville<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b306757 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b306757\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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