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An interesting episode triggered some thoughts: many times, the stories we tell ourselves, about a person, or about whole set of circumstances, prevent us from behaving in ways that are practical and useful.
I was faced with a statement, a few days ago: “There are people that just tend to be conflictual. It is their personality”.
Wha did Drucker mean when he wrote: “So much of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to do work.”
Terrence Seamon, on Linkedin, asked this thought provoking question
I replied …
There happens to be a basic misunderstanding about what a manager should do in order to achieve results.
This lies in the view that a manager should issue directions and control the achievement of specific tasks/projects. Management skills are, in this view, mostly technical and task related.
Too often the emphasis on the specific task/project does not allow for an adequate care as to relationships, engagement, support, motivation and climate in groups and organizations. Managers who are not aware of leadership skills for themselves and others will surely make things difficult for people who do work.
Here you find the link to all of the answers to that question.
More information on Peter Drucker is here.
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