“Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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“These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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“We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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“In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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Category: work
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“Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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“I think a major act of leadership right now, call it a radical act, is to create the places and processes so people can actually learn together, using our experiences.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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Category: leadership
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“I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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Category: business
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“The nature of the global business environment guarantees that no matter how hard we work to create a stable and healthy organisation, our organisation will continue to experience dramatic changes far beyond our control.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
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Category: business
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“I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed.”
— Margaret J. Wheatley
Author: Margaret J. Wheatley
Category: leadership
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