Best quotes by Margaret J. Wheatley on People

Checkout quotes by Margaret J. Wheatley on People

• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.

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• ‟ Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.

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• ‟ I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation.

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• ‟ For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time.

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• ‟ In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.

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• ‟ There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

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• ‟ We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response.

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