Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Confidence is not lodged in people's brains, it comes from the support system that surrounds them. Let's not confuse confidence overall with… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
During the Boom Years, it was so easy to lose sight of basic values. For example, there was lots of nonsense said… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
The most radical thing we can do is connect people to one another. That starts conversations toward a vision for change. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Time is a function of impact. The longer a book of mine has been in print, the greater its impact seems to… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Competition has never been more threatening than it is now. Innovative thinkers challenge the status quo in their organizations. They are often… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
The behavior of people and the culture of an organization are very different in winning streaks and losing streaks. But what both… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Business requires understanding financial matters, but management is different from running the financial aspects of the business - it requires understanding complex… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let's call this… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Life is full of cycles that have a way of perpetuating themselves. Success and failure both feed on themselves. Things can go… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Change masters are - literally - the right people in the right place at the right time. The right people are the… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
What being among the 'right people' entails is the possession of human capital, rather than organizational capital: an individual reputation, portable skills,… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
America can restore its strengths as the world-respected land of opportunity by returning to open-society principles. An open society invests in people… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
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… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
The most distinguished advocate and the most distinguished critic of modern captialism were in agreement on one essential point: the job makes… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
... people are capable of more than their organizational positions ever give them the tools or the time or the opportunity to demonstrate. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
A great thinker once described innovative thinkers this way: "Some men see things as they are and say, 'Why?' I dream of… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
"Leadership" is a big topic today. We know that the world - nations and communities in addition to companies - needs more… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
People who are making decisions about the future often don't have access to some of the best ideas in the company, which… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out the ordinary… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
I wonder whether there has been too much emphasis on teaching women to conform, to fit into the system. Certainly that suits conservative organizations… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their people… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
The difference between "winners" and "losers" is not whether they face obstacles and setbacks - we all do, and it is inevitable that plans… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Friendly people are caring people, eager to provide encouragement and support when needed most. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports,… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Everything looks like a failure in the middle. In neary every change project, doubt is cast on the original vision because problems are mounting… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
