Quotes By Rosabeth Moss Kanter

"No" is always an easier stand than "Yes.

Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.

Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

The Martha Stewart trial makes clear how far women have risen in the business world. America can be proud of our equal-opportunity prosecution and conviction.

Power is the ability to get things done.

Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they've never seen before, something that does not yet exist.

The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieved.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.

A great idea is not enough.

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.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term 'retirement' and inventing a new stage of life... the new career arc.

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.

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It's going to be brain power.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.