Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explores what drives human behavior, offering a popular framework for understanding motivation. Typically illustrated as a pyramid, the model organizes needs from ...

In 1943, Abraham Maslow published his foundational work on the hierarchy of human needs. Maslow noted that human needs span from tangible — food and water (sustenance) — to intangible — self-esteem ...

At some point in their careers, most leaders have either consciously — or, more likely, unwittingly — based (or justified) their approach to motivation on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s idea ...