I'm sad to report that in the past few years, ever since uncertainty became our insistent 21st century companion, leadership has taken a great leap backwards to the familiar territory of command and control.
Margaret J. Wheatley
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- 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.
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