Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)

Practical Tips:

• If you have a rogerian manager (like, and, who doesn’t?) never walk up to him/her and start a work discussion when in a public space. Always request some future (preferably their choice) time to meet
• If you have a scottian boss* remember: ‘noun-verb-object’; state your problem (resist the temptation to provide a solution) and ‘hoped for’ outcome and step back
• If you have a clarklike boss have your ultimate, preferred outcome already in mind, ask for assistance, take a chair and if she/she seems to be heading towards an solution not to your liking, don’t be afraid to make it personal.

Tips on worldview identification:

• count the pronouns. mostly first person (except when invoking authority)? consider: roger
• count the pronouns. mostly third person (even when they’re referencing themselves?) probable: clark
• count the pronouns. hardly any at all (as you run along after them, trying to keep up, lol) hey!: scott

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* thats part of the secret wonder of the Wakefield Doctrine. Even without knowing a lot of the details, the difference in the use of the words ‘boss’ and ‘manager’ to refer to a scott and a roger respectively, just sounds right.