Best quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter on People

Checkout quotes by Rosabeth Moss Kanter on People

• ‟ Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.

  - Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  

• ‟ 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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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

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• ‟ Tribalism reflects strong ethnic or cultural identities that separate members of one group from another, making them loyal to people like them and suspicious of outsiders, which undermines efforts to forge common cause across groups.

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• ‟ Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most.

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• ‟ 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.

  - Rosabeth Moss Kanter