a little of the ready reliance on the expert comes from the desire to waive responsibillity, comes from the endless evasion of life instead of an honest facing of it. The expert is to many what the priest is, someone… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
The most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which are not yet there... Above all, he should make his co-workers see that it is not his purpose which… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Many people tell me what I ought to do and just how I ought to do it, but Few have made me want to… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
We are not wholly patriotic when we are working with all our heart for America merely; we are truly patriotic only when we are… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
One of the greatest values of controversy is its revealing nature. The real issues at stake come into the open and have the possibility… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Now that we are recognizing more fully the value of the individual, now that management is defining more exactly the function of each, many… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Law should seek far more than mere reconciliation; it should be one of the great creative forces of our social life. — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
It is always the sign of the second-rate man when the decision merely meets the present situation. It is the left-over in a decision which gives it its greatest value. It is the carry-over in the decision which helps develop the situation in the way we wish it to be developed. The ablest administrators do not merely draw logical conclusions… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share
Another idea that is changing is that the leader must be one who can make quick decisions. The leader to-day is often one who… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader-the common purpose. — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
I do not think that we have psychological and ethical and economic problems. We have human problems, with psychological, ethical and economical aspects, and… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
An order then should always be given not as a personal matter, not because the man giving it wants the thing done, but because… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
