User:Kayyaguirre/David McClelland

After further research there is little to no more information than what is listed about David McClelland's early and family life.

Life and Career
The major themes of David McClelland's work were personality and the application of that knowledge to helping people make their lives better.

He was instrumental in starting 14 research and consulting companies, the largest was McBer and Company (1965-1989), which later was sold to Yankelovich, Skelly & White.

Job Competencies
McClelland and his colleagues at McBer and Company intensified competency research on management, leadership, and professional jobs in the early 1970s (i.e., skills, self-image, traits, and motives, see Boyatzis, 1982; Spencer and Spencer, 1993 ; Goleman, 1998 )

Helping People Change
The early projects addressed entrepreneurial development and training in achievement thinking and behavior for small business owners in India, Tunisia, Iran, Poland, Malawi, and the US.