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Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 15
Economist
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Cleveland
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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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Thinkers, makers and traders are the DNA of the world class company
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Corporate men and women, once divided by striking differences in opportunity for career growth, have come to share career chaos.
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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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Confidence makes you willing to try harder and attracts the kind of support from others that makes winning possible.
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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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A great idea is not enough.
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Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
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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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The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.
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Embrace change as an opportunity to learn, to improve, to make a difference in others' lives as well as in your own. Have the courage to challenge the status quo. Remember that preparation and ambition in combination with opportunity equals success. And have fun!
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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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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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Confidence is the bridge connecting expectations and performance, investment and results.
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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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After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their people to use neglected creative capacities in order to tap the most potent economic stimulus of all: idea power.
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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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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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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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