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
winning two goal
The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row
opportunity self limits
The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.
innovation volume lows
In the most innovative companies there is a significantly higher volume of thank yous than in companies of low innovation.
confidence sweet expectations
Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair-consisting of positive expectations for favorable outcomes.
opportunity roots evil
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.
easier
No" is always an easier stand than "Yes.
sacrifice taught-us lessons
I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.
opportunity america trials
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.
creating growth movement
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.
creativity order connections
Creativity does not derive from order but from the attempt to impose order where it does not exist, to make new connections.
heart people leader
To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let's call this new way of working e-culture-the human side of the global information era, the heart and soul of the new economy.
sight doubt vision
Everything looks like a failure in the middle. In neary every change project, doubt is cast on the original vision because problems are mounting and the end is nowhere in sight.
power law resources
Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company.
accomplishment rewards celebrate
It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.