"There's nothing new under the sun." You might have heard that aphorism before. I think about it every time I see another new leadership book that promises to uncover the true secrets of organizational success. At fifty years old, you won't find anything new in The Human Side of Enterprise. You will find some solid thinking about some of the timeless principles that guide organizational success. Way before getting an MBA was trendy, Douglas McGregor was approaching business as a science. Big Thought "All managerial decisions and actions rest on assumptions about behavior." If you assume that people are lazy and unmotivated, you will … [Read more...]