People are opportunity.
We must learn to see people as a resource and an opportunity, rather than as a problem or a threat. They must learn to lead, not manage, and to direct, not control. - Drucker. “Management (top),” p. 31
Image like an eruption of energy
- Some people see it as a disaster and try to suppress it.
- Rather, it leads and directs that energy to flow in a favorable direction.
People are not limited to subordinates. Boss is also a “person. That means it is an opportunity.
You cannot take advantage of the superior’s strengths by toadying. We must think from what needs to be done and propose it in a way that our superiors can understand. Bosses are people, too. As people, they have strengths as well as weaknesses.
- Drucker, “Management Requirements,” p. 128.
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