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To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
Economist
Professor
Sociologist
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
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Leaders is the new organisation do not lack motivational tools, but the tools are different from those of traditional corporate bureaucrats. The new rewards are based not on status but on contribution, and they consist not of regular promotion and automatic pay rises, but of excitement about the mission and a share of the glory of success.
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Those enjoying winning streaks thus win twofold. They win not only the game but also the right to greater self-determination. They become masters of their own fate. That feeling of efficacy, of being in charge of circumstances, is the essence of confidence. Winning once or twice is encouraging, but winning continuously is empowering.
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The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieved.
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The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.
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... people are capable of more than their organizational positions ever give them the tools or the time or the opportunity to demonstrate.
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Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
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The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.
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A basic truth of management - if not of life - is that nearly everything looks like a failure in the middle.
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Power is the ability to get things done
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Confidence makes you willing to try harder and attracts the kind of support from others that makes winning possible.
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Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
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One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.
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The Martha Stewart trial makes clear how far women have risen in the business world. America can be proud of our equal-opportunity prosecution and conviction.
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Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.
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If world problems feel too big to tackle, think small. Step by step. Small wins build confidence, lead the way to change.
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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.
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The most radical thing we can do is connect people to one another. That starts conversations toward a vision for change.
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Money should never be separated from values. Detached from values it may indeed be the root of all evil. Linked effectively to social purpose it can be the root of opportunity.
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Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.
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