Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Rosabeth Moss Kanter is a professor of business at Harvard Business School, where she holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship. In addition she is director and chair of the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
opportunity giving people
... people are capable of more than their organizational positions ever give them the tools or the time or the opportunity to demonstrate.
sex dirty power
Power is America's last dirty word. It is easier to talk about money - and much easier to talk about sex - than it is to talk about power.
leadership wisdom winning
If world problems feel too big to tackle, think small. Step by step. Small wins build confidence, lead the way to change.
leadership eye hands
in most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities.
leadership responsibility endure
Leadership is one of the most enduring, universal human responsibilities.
dna class world
Thinkers, makers and traders are the DNA of the world class company
business power opportunity
The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.
passion goal excellence
Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.
winning support trying
Confidence makes you willing to try harder and attracts the kind of support from others that makes "winning" possible.
looks middle
Everything looks like a failure in the middle.
business organization increase
The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.
future who-we-are assumption
Our future will be shaped by the assumptions we make about who we are and what we can be.
character expectations optimism
Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
positive sports winning
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, winning streaks and losing streaks.