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The foreman today does not merely deal with trouble, he forestalls trouble. In fact, we don't think much of a foreman who is always dealing with trouble we feel that if he is doing his job properly, there won't be so much trouble.

Mary Parker Follett

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Mary Parker Follett
Age: 65 †
Born: 1868
Born: September 3
Died: 1933
Died: December 18
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