Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist born in 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at several universities including City College of New York and Columbia University. Maslow is known for developing Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which theorizes that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs like physiology and safety before pursuing higher level needs like social connections, esteem, and self-actualization. The document discusses how Maslow's hierarchy of needs can be applied in the workplace by satisfying employees' basic needs first through things like fair pay, benefits, and a safe work environment to motivate better performance.