{"id":161,"date":"2013-02-22T05:35:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/?p=161"},"modified":"2014-03-14T03:06:45","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T07:06:45","slug":"high-output-management-motivation-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/2013\/02\/22\/high-output-management-motivation-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"High Output Management &#8211; Motivation &#038; Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>High Output Management &#8211; Motivation &amp; Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/files\/2013\/02\/ARV_JO_102-32-13-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-163\" title=\"Jesse Owens, moments before he crosses finish line in the 220 yard dash\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/files\/2013\/02\/ARV_JO_102-32-13-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/files\/2013\/02\/ARV_JO_102-32-13-11.jpg 918w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/files\/2013\/02\/ARV_JO_102-32-13-11-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/willbanks\/files\/2013\/02\/ARV_JO_102-32-13-11-478x300.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two inner forces can drive a person to use all of his\/her capabilities. He\/she can be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A. Competence-driven, or;<\/li>\n<li>B. Achievement-driven.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The former concerns itself with job or task mastery. A virtuoso [&#8230;] who continues to practice day after day is obviously moved by something other than a need for esteem and recognition. He works to sharpen his own skill, trying to do a little bit better this time than the time before&#8230; He is relentless, driven by the self-actualization need, <em>a need to get better that has <strong>no<\/strong> <strong>limit<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The achievement-driven path to self-actualization is not quite like this&#8230; Some people \u2014not the majority\u2014are moved by an abstract need to achieve in all that they do. <em>These people work at the boundary of their capability.<\/em>.. [they] test the limits of what they can do. [Achievers] simply <strong><em>must<\/em> <\/strong>test themselves. By challenging themselves, these people are likely to miss a peg several times, but when they begin to ring the peg consistently, they gain satisfaction and a sense of achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The point is that <strong>both<\/strong> competence and achievement-oriented people <strong>spontaneously try to test the outer limits of their abilities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>Andrew S. Grove, Former CEO, Intel Corp.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Grove, A. S. <em>High Output Management<\/em>. Los Angeles, USA: Vintage Books, 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Output Management &#8211; Motivation &amp; Performance Two inner forces can drive a person to use all of his\/her capabilities. He\/she can be: A. Competence-driven, or; B. Achievement-driven. The former concerns itself with job or task mastery. 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