We often tend to think that the executive wishes to maintain standard, wishes to reach a certain quality of production, and that the worker has to be goaded in some way to do this. Again and again we forget that the worker is often, usually I think, equally interested, that his greatest pleasure in his work comes from the satisfaction of worthwhile accomplishment, of having done the best of which he was capable.
Mary Parker FollettWe often tend to think that the executive wishes to maintain standard, wishes to reach a certain quality of production, and that the worker has to be goaded in some way to do this. Again and again we forget that the worker is often, usually I think, equally interested, that his greatest pleasure in his work comes from the satisfaction of worthwhile accomplishment, of having done the best of which he was capable.
Mary Parker FollettThe divorce of our so-called spiritual life from our daily activities is a fatal dualism.
Mary Parker FollettLaw should seek far more than mere reconciliation; it should be one of the great creative forces of our social life.
Mary Parker Follettwe certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.
Mary Parker Follett