I'm surprised it's the first time I hear about the X and Y theory. IT closely resembles Bill Lazier's message - you have to choose one of the approaches.
My feeling is that it becomes harder, the more dissappointments you have. People you trusted and violated that, or people who games the system. Also the further away you are from the people, the closer you are to Theory X. That's what we see now, with the return-to-office polices.
It's a lot harder to trust a 'faceless' employee that you don't know, then your direct report. So when the decisions are made at mass, the scale tips.
I'm surprised it's the first time I hear about the X and Y theory. IT closely resembles Bill Lazier's message - you have to choose one of the approaches.
My feeling is that it becomes harder, the more dissappointments you have. People you trusted and violated that, or people who games the system. Also the further away you are from the people, the closer you are to Theory X. That's what we see now, with the return-to-office polices.
It's a lot harder to trust a 'faceless' employee that you don't know, then your direct report. So when the decisions are made at mass, the scale tips.