What motivates great leaders to achieve their best? The need for “self-actualization”—to reach your highest potential—is the foundation for personal and organizational effectiveness. Based on the seminal works of Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, David McClelland, and Viktor Frankl, Dr. William Sparks’ groundbreaking new book shows how Actualized Leaders think, feel, and manage differently while providing practical strategies for developing a more actualized approach to leadership. The first research-based book to operationalize Abraham Maslow’s highly influential theory on human motivation for leaders, the book cites nine thinking, feeling, and behavioral traits common to self-actualized leaders. What motivates great leaders to achieve their best? The need for  “self-actualization”—to reach your highest potential—is the foundation  for personal and organizational effectiveness. Based on the seminal  works of Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, David McClelland, and Viktor Frankl,  Dr. William Sparks’ groundbreaking new book shows how Actualized  Leaders think, feel, and manage differently while providing practical  strategies for developing a more actualized approach to leadership. The  first research-based book to operationalize Abraham Maslow’s highly  influential theory on human motivation for leaders, the book cites nine  thinking, feeling, and behavioral traits common to self-actualized  leaders.