Margaret J. Wheatley
Margaret J. Wheatley
Margaret J. Wheatleyis an American writer and management consultant who studies organizational behavior. Her approach includes systems thinking, theories of change, chaos theory, leadership and the learning organization: particularly its capacity to self-organize. Her work is often compared to that of Donella Meadows and Dee Hock. She describes her work as opposing "highly controlled mechanistic systems that only create robotic behaviors."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
Margaret J. Wheatley quotes about
healing belief assumption
I've found that I can only change how I act if I stay aware of my beliefs and assumptions. Thoughts always reveal themselves in behavior.
nice reflection survival
And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive.
leadership military command-and-control
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
leadership wall team
They have eliminated rigidity, both physical and psychological, in order to support more fluid processes whereby temporary teams are created to deal with specific and ever-changing needs. They have simplified roles into minimal categories; they have knocked down walls and created workplaces where people, ideas, and information circulate freely.
death effectiveness destroying
Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.
teaching passion focus
Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.
moving one-direction aggression
Aggression only moves in one direction - it creates more aggression.
believe order people
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
leadership taken past
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.
hero leader stressed-out
When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.
anger aggression response
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.
listening process good-listener
Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.
world process
This is a world of process, not a world of things.
social conversation social-change
All social change begins with a conversation.