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When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.

When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Leadership, Hero, Stressed

We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Focus, Effort, Discovering

Margaret J. Wheatley, Myron E. Rogers (1998). “A Simpler Way”, p.21, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

For eons, humans have struggled to find less destructive ways of living together.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Together, Way, Humans

Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.235, ReadHowYouWant.com

These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence.

Margaret J. Wheatley

War, Bombarded By, Violence

Margaret J. Wheatley (2010). “Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)”, p.232, ReadHowYouWant.com

Aggression is the most common behavior used by many organizations, a nearly invisible medium that influences all decisions and actions.

Margaret J. Wheatley

Reality, Organization, Decision

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

Views, Lenses, World

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, Thinking, Budgeting

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, Thinking, People