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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
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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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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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Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be.
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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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In the most innovative companies there is a significantly higher volume of thank yous than in companies of low innovation.
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Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
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To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.
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Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
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The way innovating companies are designed leaves ambiguities, overlaps, decision conflicts or decision vacuums in some parts of the organisation. People rail at this, curse it-and invent innovative ways to overcome it.
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Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company.
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Innovation is an outgrowth of initiative, and initiative - taking positive actions in a belief that your actions can make a difference - is a big part of confidence.
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The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.
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Power is the ability to get things done
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I wonder whether there has been too much emphasis on teaching women to conform, to fit into the system. Certainly that suits conservative organizations in conservative times. But now ... innovation and creativity are necessary.
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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.
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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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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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The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.
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Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.
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Everything looks like a failure in the middle.
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