I’m surprised by the number of really smart, well-read, highly-educated people, some of whom read graduate school case studies on Theory X vs Theory Y, that then managed to memoryhole the entire construct and insist on relearning the theory via praxis.
A few months ago, a student from Germany asked me how it came that I was "pretty much the only one" passionately and repeatedly claiming that Theory X people do not exist. The student suggested that I was probably mistaken with my interpretation of Douglas McGregor ´s work, and with my interpretatio
"Show me your #change approach and I tell you exactly what assumptions on #humannature you carry around with you."
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You cannot motivate other people.
You cannot develop other people.
You cannot convince other people.
You cannot lead other people.
You cannot steer or control other people.
You cannot align other people.
And you don't have to.
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