Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

Margaret J. Wheatley
American Writer
Aggression Control Leadership People Think Work
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
In our daily life, we encounter people who are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together. Margaret J. Wheatley
Life Work Needs Daily Angry Anger Together People Losing Greed Own Our Distrust Only Well Encounter Deceitful Intent Capacity Much Who Pettiness Satisfying Daily Life
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. Margaret J. Wheatley
Reflection Achieve Blindly Consequences Our Way More Failing Without Go Anything Creating Useful Unintended Unintended Consequences
Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen. Margaret J. Wheatley
Wise Simple Listening Practice Sit Else Willing Simple Act Takes Advise Sound Listen Just Anything Anything Else Us Coach Act Requires Present
Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering. Margaret J. Wheatley
Suffering Listening Become Healthy Fragmentation More Closer Moves Us Root Holy Creates Whole Helps
In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise. Margaret J. Wheatley
Challenges Intelligence Better Control Everyone Crises Solving Uncertain More Troubled Arise Command Times Engage Means Need
Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. Margaret J. Wheatley
Risks Courage Determination Care Energy Other About Something Take Spontaneously Context Any Unimaginable Appear Deeply Chance
I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers. Margaret J. Wheatley
Survival Better Believe Our Systems Becoming Very Depends Us Thinkers
I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas. Margaret J. Wheatley
Business Strategy Think Thinking Delivered Budgeting Tight Very Processes Agendas Notice Use Planning Now Right
When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans. Margaret J. Wheatley
Best Anger Fear Down Other Our Out Responses Lay Conditions Than Us Create Aggression Choose Bringing Humans
And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can survive. Margaret J. Wheatley
Time Me You Reflection Nice Way Colleagues Only Survive Just Nice Thing Thing
I think it is quite dangerous for an organisation to think they can predict where they are going to need leadership. It needs to be something that people are willing to assume if it feels relevant, given the context of any situation. Margaret J. Wheatley
Leadership Needs People Dangerous Situation Predict Think Assume Relevant Willing Something Given Feels Context Any Going Quite Where Organisation Need
Everyone in a complex system has a slightly different interpretation. The more interpretations we gather, the easier it becomes to gain a sense of the whole. Margaret J. Wheatley
Sense Interpretation Everyone Complex Slightly Easier Complex System System More Becomes Different Gain Whole Interpretations Gather
For example, I was discussing the use of email and how impersonal it can be, how people will now email someone across the room rather than go and talk to them. But I don't think this is laziness, I think it is a conscious decision people are making to save time. Margaret J. Wheatley
Time People Decision Will Example Laziness Think Email Someone Rather Impersonal For Example Talk How Making Go Than Discussing Room Them Across Use Now Conscious Conscious Decision Save
Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well. Margaret J. Wheatley
Work Organization Power Control Though Destroyed Would Rather Bosses Leaders Over Well Motivation Than Capacity Worker Choose Productivity Even Appears
We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order. Margaret J. Wheatley
Trouble Control Ourselves Order Confusing Created Organizations
I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed. Margaret J. Wheatley
World Changed Else See Beyond Western Wanted Might Lens View Mechanical Appear
For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions. Margaret J. Wheatley
Work Good Me People Wait Organization Responsibility Good Work Holding Back Willing Insisting Take Leaders Ideas Instructions Ready Familiar Contribute Wanting Decisions Them Image
Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence. Margaret J. Wheatley
Commitment Intelligence Military Everyone Risk More Higher Learned Successful Engage Organizations Including Necessary
I believe that the capacity that any organisation needs is for leadership to appear anywhere it is needed, when it is needed. Margaret J. Wheatley
Leadership Needs Believe Any Anywhere Capacity Organisation Appear Needed
Hopelessness has surprised me with patience. Margaret J. Wheatley
Me Patience Hopelessness Surprised
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. Margaret J. Wheatley
Leadership People Control Military Most Command Associate
In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable. Margaret J. Wheatley
People Problems Organization Every Virtually Seem Unsolvable Mission Regardless Frustrated Function
We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! Margaret J. Wheatley
War Blame Experience Problems Enemies Defeat Lasting Solutions Weapons No Wonder Come Ideas Forces Real Opposition Up Wonder Problem-Solving View Use Competing Zone
Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions. Margaret J. Wheatley
Behavior Medium Invisible Most Common Influences Decisions Aggression Used Organizations Many Actions Nearly
Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us. Margaret J. Wheatley
Will Picture Half Others Our Willingness See Insights More Only Join Sincerely Attractive Make Conditions Different Acknowledge Us Perspectives Creates Need
Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. Margaret J. Wheatley
Life Lose Everything Destroying All Things Effectiveness Die Function Season Eventually Things Necessary
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