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
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Some social scientists say that in-group/out-group biases are hard-wired into the human brain. Even without overt prejudice, it is cognitively convenient for people to sort items into categories and respond based on what is usually associated with those categories: a form of statistical discrimination, playing the odds.
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Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.
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Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.
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People who are making decisions about the future often don't have access to some of the best ideas in the company, which may be at the periphery or at lower levels.
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I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.
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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
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Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
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People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those reasons don't correspond to organizational goals. So it is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.
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Leaders is the new organisation do not lack motivational tools, but the tools are different from those of traditional corporate bureaucrats. The new rewards are based not on status but on contribution, and they consist not of regular promotion and automatic pay rises, but of excitement about the mission and a share of the glory of success.
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It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is.
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Power is the ability to get things done
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Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.
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A basic truth of management - if not of life - is that nearly everything looks like a failure in the middle.
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Everything looks like a failure in the middle.