Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a professor of business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship. In addition she is director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
money sex power
It is easier to talk about money -- and much easier to talk about sex -- than it is to talk about power. People who have it deny it; people who want it do not want to appear to hunger for it; and people who engage in its machinations do so secretly.
winning causes negative
Perpetuating success or sliding into decline is the result of many intersecting forces that reinforce one another directly and indirectly. They are both cause and effect of winning or losing. Winning generates positive forces, losing generates negative forces.
confidence determination fate
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.
change design patterns
The architecture of change involves the design and construction of new patterns, or the reconceptualization of old ones, to make new, and hopefully more productive, actions possible.
views optimism causes
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.
confidence winning habit
Winning becomes easier over time as the cornerstones of confidence become habits.
order years ideas
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.
teamwork pride self
A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance.
change bulldogs appearance
Change is like putting lipstick on a bulldog. The bulldog's appearance hasn't improved, but now it's really angry.
success looks disaster
The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.
doors losing symptoms
One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.
boss world able
Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.
ideas enough great-idea
A great idea is not enough.
retirement careers impact
The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.