SHAHEEDA MIA: State has to stop taking and start giving
SA is not pulling the right levers to enable growth and allow its citizens to feel safe
I am a huge fan of the work of American organisational psychologist and Wharton professor Adam Grant. Most people will know him as co-author of Sheryl Sandberg’s most recent book, Option B. I have not read this book, but I have read all his previous works and one of my favourites is Give And Take.
Grant’s theory centres on three core types of people in organisations: takers, who strive to get as much as possible from others; matchers, who trade evenly; and givers, who contribute to others without expecting anything in return. He concludes that though givers may get exploited and burn out, in general they are the most successful in the long run...
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