...“Pygmalion in Management,” J. Sterling Livingston draws upon the ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion, a sculptor who carved a statue of a beautiful woman that was later brought to life. George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (which was the basis for “My Fair Lady”) used a similar theme. In the play,...
Read post »...they expect. In his Harvard Business Review classic “Pygmalion in Management,” J. Sterling Livingston draws from the ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion, a sculptor who carved a statue of a beautiful woman that came to life. George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (which was the basis for “My Fair Lady”) used...
Read post »...a result of reading and talking about “The Pygmalion Effect” in my work. This powerful leadership force was first publicized in J. Sterling Livingston’s classic 1969 Harvard Business Review article entitled “Pygmalion in Management.” He researched and wrote the article while a professor at Harvard Business School. Here’s part of...
Read post »...got off the ground. Whether a leader sees a chicken or an eagle has a huge impact on their direct report’s self-image and performance. This has been called “The Pygmalion Effect” as shown in George Bernard Shaw’s play “My Fair Lady” (“My Fair Lady Shows the Power of Expectations“). In...
Read post »...because power makes you feel superior to other people, you’ll believe all this monitoring should be entrusted to you.” The Pygmalion Effect’s been thoroughly tested and proven hundreds of times over the last fifty years. Yet leaders, parents, teachers, coaches, etc. persist in holding low expectations and feeling proved right...
Read post »...That positive expectation proved powerful: The LPs began to do better on every front, receiving fewer punishments, showing better overall performance, even improving their personal appearance. It was the Pygmalion effect in action: Expecting the best from people can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.” – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence...
Read post »A few favorite excerpts (so many to choose from) of my review of Rutger Bregman’s Humankind: A Hopeful History. …to stand up for human goodness is to take a stand against the powers that be. For the powerful, a hopeful view of human nature is downright threatening. Subversive. Seditious. It...
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