Self-actualizing individuals create an Agile organization
Self-actualizing is the result of a person fulfilling his own individual potential. It was coined by Kurt Goldstein and utilized in the familiar Hierarchy of Needs by Abraham Maslow. According to Maslow, in order for an individual to self-actualize, a person's physiological, safety, love, and esteem needs must be met first.
In his studies Maslow found that self-actualizers had the following common traits [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization#Maslow.27s_hierarchy_of_needs]:
- Efficient perceptions of reality—that is, the ability to judge a situation fairly and honestly. Self-actualizers can readily identify dishonesty.
- Comfortable acceptance of self, others, nature—shortcomings ...
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