This is often true, and it follows the ideas of Theories X and Y, and other participative management theories. The model proposes that when both people and production concerns are high, employee engagement and productivity increase accordingly.

The Blake Mouton Managerial Grid is viewed as practical and useful framework that helps managers think about their leadership styles. They argued that an exclusive concern for production at the expense of the needs of those engaged in production leads to dissatisfaction and conflict, thus adversely affecting performance and on the other hand an excessive concern to avoid conflict and maintain good relationships is also detrimental to the achievement of goals and objectives. Giving examples to demonstrate your understanding of leadership, discuss the Mouton and Blake’s managerial grid Blake and Mouton identified two fundamental drivers of managerial behaviour as concern for getting the job done, and concern for the people doing the work.