Coercive power is the curse of the universe, coactive power, the enrichment and advancement of every human soul.
Mary Parker FollettCrowd action is the outcome of agreement based on concurrence of emotion rather than of thought.
Mary Parker FollettAnother idea that is changing is that the leader must be one who can make quick decisions. The leader to-day is often one who thinks out his decisions very slowly.
Mary Parker FollettThe most successful leader of all is the one who sees another picture not yet actualized. He sees the things which are not yet there... Above all, he should make his co-workers see that it is not his purpose which is to be achieved, but a common purpose, born of the desires and the activities of the group.
Mary Parker FollettWe are not wholly patriotic when we are working with all our heart for America merely; we are truly patriotic only when we are working also that America may take her place worthily and helpfully in the world of nations . . . Interdependence is the keynote of the relations of nations as it is the keynote of the relations of individuals within nations.
Mary Parker Follett