While one particular drive predominates, each of us possesses a combination of achievement, power, and affiliation drives. When you choose to translate your vision from the realm of possibility to the realm of actuality, you are exercising your achievement drive and then your power drive. The two work in concert to help you reach your goal. And if you remember to celebrate successes, to share credit, to thank your staff, to manage in a participative fashion, then you are employing affiliative techniques as well on your way to achievement.
The vision begins with your excitement about a better way of doing things—better for you, better for others, better for the organization itself. And when you help create positive change ...
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