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People Live Up or Down to a Leader’s Expectations

...(whether that’s as a manager, project leader, teacher, coach, or parent) should be required to read the 1969 Harvard Business Review classic, “Pygmalion in Management” by J. Sterling Livingston. Pygmalion was a sculptor in Greek mythology who carved a statue of a beautiful woman that was later brought to life....

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Leaders Have Great Expectations

...heard from underperforming managers. Leaders see people as they could be – as eagles in training. Managers simply see them as turkeys. Research shows that both get what they expect. In his Harvard Business Review classic “Pygmalion in Management,” J. Sterling Livingston draws upon the ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion,...

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