Margaret J. Wheatley
Quotations
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“Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“I’m sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone’s commitment and intelligence.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“I’m sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Organisations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed and external changes over which no one has control.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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“When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.” -Margaret J. Wheatley
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