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
encouragement caring people
Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most.
boss world able
Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.
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.
innovation volume lows
In the most innovative companies there is a significantly higher volume of thank yous than in companies of low innovation.
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.
sells
You can always buy something in English, you can't always sell something in English.
admired among developed effective highly history human people respected throughout
Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but celebrated. It is no coincidence that the most highly admired corporations are also among the most profitable.
aspects business complex financial groups guide happens interact motivate nature people requires running understanding
Business requires understanding financial matters, but management is different from running the financial aspects of the business - it requires understanding complex systems, how they operate, the nature of organisations, what happens when people interact in groups and how to motivate and guide people.
american-businessman cheap compete labor united
Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.
american-businessman family history
Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.
involves
My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.