IN HER PIONEERING BESTSELLER
Margaret Wheatley showed how the “New Science”—revolutionary discoveries in quantum physics, chaos theory, and biology that are overturning centuries-old images of the universe—provides powerful insights into the design, leadership, and management of organizations. Continue reading
The following simple definition of leadership has proved quite helpful in change projects over the years: the capacity of a human community—people living and working together—to bring forth new realities.
Another way to say this is that leadership energizes. Leadership breathes life into an enterprise, without which nothing truly new can emerge. The word inspire, long associated with leadership, derives from the Latin inspirare, literally “to breathe life into.” Continue reading
“… the central problem of free-enterprise capitalism in a modern democracy has always been how to balance the role of the government and that of the market. Continue reading
“But to tear down a factory or to revolt against a government or to avoid repair of a motorcycle because it is a system is to attack effects rather than causes; and as long as the attack is upon effects only, no change is possible. Continue reading
How would you define a good leader today? Continue reading
When you ask people about what it is like being part of a great team, what is most striking is the meaningfulness of the experience. Continue reading
We cultivate the hatred of bureaucracy in our Company and never for a moment hesitate to use that awful word “hate.” Continue reading
You won’t remember when you retire what you did in the first quarter…. or the third. Continue reading
The leaders role is not to make sure that people know exactly what to do and when to do it. Continue reading
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