Quote

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
Economist
Professor
Sociologist
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Sacrifice
Achieve
Taught
Freedom
History
Entitled
Matter
Total
Determined
Lessons

More quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Image
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.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
A basic truth of management - if not of life - is that nearly everything looks like a failure in the middle.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
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.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
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.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
It is easier to talk about money -- and much easier to talk about sex -- than it is to talk about power. People who have it deny it people who want it do not want to appear to hunger for it and people who engage in its machinations do so secretly.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
The architecture of change involves the design and construction of new patterns, or the reconceptualization of old ones, to make new, and hopefully more productive, actions possible.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Corporate men and women, once divided by striking differences in opportunity for career growth, have come to share career chaos.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary and resulting from specific factors that will either change or be changed.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Creativity does not derive from order but from the attempt to impose order where it does not exist, to make new connections.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Change is like putting lipstick on a bulldog. The bulldog's appearance hasn't improved, but now it's really angry.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
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.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Confidence makes you willing to try harder and attracts the kind of support from others that makes winning possible.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
... people are capable of more than their organizational positions ever give them the tools or the time or the opportunity to demonstrate.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Image
The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter