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Why we must deliberately embed curiosity instead of conformity

CLO Magazine

Conformity involves restraining beliefs, attitudes, behaviors and actions that are suspected to (or actually do) deviate from or disrupt social expectations, conventions or norms. Maslow proposed that though we crave stability, we also paradoxically yearn for disruption (via growth). Consistently support basic psychological needs.

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Imitating Virtuous Behaviors

CLO Magazine

More people are higher up Maslow’s hierarchy today, so leaders influence not just net worth but self-worth. Understanding this sense of virtuous leadership can be achieved in part by considering stories from one’s own career, perhaps when a superior left you bewildered or dispirited.