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“Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.”
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Patrick M. Lencioni
When a person is not doing his job, there can only be two reasons for it. The person either can’t do it or won’t do it; he is either not capable or not motivated. To determine which, we can employ a simple mental test: if the person’s life depended on doing the work, could he do it? If the answer is yes, that person is not motivated; if the answer is no, he is not capable. If my life depended on playing the violin on command, I could not do it. But if I had to run a mile in six minutes, I probably could. Not that I would want to, but if my life depended on it, I probably could.
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
This sophomore group, in contrast, was looking at the feedback they were getting and thinking hard about it. They were processing what they had seen in others’ work and trying to figure out how to apply it to their own. They were given the space to do it and an incentive to keep working, which heightened their motivation. When I’d taught, my students felt the grade I’d given described them. But this sophomore class understood the score described only their level of performance on a specific skill at that particular time. If they didn’t like it, they had the ability to change it.
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