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Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change

The Center For Leadership Studies

There was a time when the focus of that distinction was on determining whether a manager had Theory X or Theory Y assumptions about others (Douglas McGregor). The post Finding the Curl in a Disruptive Wave of Change appeared first on Situational Leadership® Management and Leadership Training.

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How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

Harvard Business Review

A slower worker doesn’t just reduce a team’s productivity — he can also hurt his colleagues’ morale, says Lindsay McGregor, the coauthor of Primed to Perform and co-founder of Vega Factor. “Start with assuming positive intent,” says McGregor. What the Experts Say.

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Steve Jobs and The Bobby Knight School of Leadership

Harvard Business Review

It is the very opposite of the supportive and nurturing Theory Y management pioneered by MIT's Douglas McGregor over a half century ago. They did not stop at strategy but got into tactics at a very micro level. Knight's treatment of players has been termed abusive. Both were perfectionists and micromanagers. We don't know the answer.