David McClelland Quote

Outstanding American men seem to see power as something you use in order to correct someone who's wrong, to change them, to show them you see more in this situation than the boss does. Outstanding American women, on the other hand, see power as a resource, something you can use to get people together, to gain commitment.

David C. McClelland (1998) in: Katherine Adams, "Interview by David C. McClelland, in Competency, vol. 4 no.3, Spring 1997, pp.18–23; Republished in orientamento.it, 19/11/2015