織田信長は人使いが荒いことで有名でした。次から次へ新しい仕事を部下に任命していきます。そして能力のある部下はその困難に立ち向かい克服し信長の期待に応えようとします。部下に自己実現の機会を与える、信長の一流のやり方だったのですね。
Self-actualization is the highest human need. It is the desire to become what one is capable of becoming, to realize one's potential and accomplish to the limit of one's ability. In other words, the job itself is an intrinsic motivation; no extrinsic motivation (such as rewards or reinforcements) is needed. Intrinsic motivation provides the worker with psychological income. Thus, challenging new job assignments meet an employee's self actualization needs.