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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
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The behavior of people and the culture of an organization are very different in winning streaks and losing streaks. But what both have in common is their momentum - once winners' or losers' habits and culture take hold, they tend to perpetuate themselves.
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Change is like putting lipstick on a bulldog. The bulldog's appearance hasn't improved, but now it's really angry.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Innovative organizations provide the freedom to act which arouses the desire to act.
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Everything looks like a failure in the middle.
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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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Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.
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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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Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
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A great idea is not enough.
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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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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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Creativity does not derive from order but from the attempt to impose order where it does not exist, to make new connections.
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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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The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.
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