That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Power-over is resorted to time without number because people will not wait for the slower process of education. — 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… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
Most people are not for or against anything; the first object of getting people together is to make them respond somehow, to… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
there is a pernicious tendency to make the opinions of the expert prevail by crowd methods, to rush the people instead of… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
The manager cannot share his power with division superintendent or foreman or workman, but he can give them opportunities for developing their… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
The best leader does not ask people to serve him, but the common end. The best leader has not followers, but men… — 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… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
many rules could be made for the giving of orders. Don't preach when you give orders. Don't discuss matters already settled unless… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
We have thought of peace as passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not… — 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… — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
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
