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In the small group then is where we shall find the inner meaning of democracy, its very heart and core.
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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And the most successful leader of all is one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which belong in his present picture but which are not yet there.
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While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.
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That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.
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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.
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Democracy is self-creating coherence.
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The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men and women working with him.
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