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Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt)

Book by Margaret J. Wheatley · 22 quotes · People, Listening, Ifs

This large print edition of the book delves into the challenges and opportunities of leading in unpredictable situations, providing guidance and strategies for navigating uncertainty effectively.

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This large print edition of the book delves into the challenges and opportunities of leading in unpredictable situations, providing guidance and strategies for navigating uncertainty effectively.

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Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time (Large Print 16pt) Quotes

“Circles create soothing space.”

Space Circles Soothing

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“Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.”

Care Energy Courage Risk Determination Unimaginable

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“Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering.”

Whole Helping Moving Suffering Listening Holy Healthy Roots Fragmentation

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“Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.”

Sound Simple Practice Wise Willing Listening Coaches Advise

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

War Violence Senses These Days Aggression Unending Bombarded Escalating Bombarded By

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“Circles create soothing space, where even reticent people can realize that their voice is welcome.”

People Voice Realizing Space Circles Welcome Soothing

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“We know from science that nothing in the universe exists as an isolated or independent entity.”

Knows Science Universe Independent Isolated Entity Interdependence Independent Women

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“Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.”

Death Dies Loses All Things Seasons Function Destroying Effectiveness

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“Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.”

People Leadership Military Command Associates Command And Control

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“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.”

Way Failing Achieve Creating Reflection Consequence Reflecting Self Reflection Unintended Consequences

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“Organizations are now confronted with two sources of change: the traditional type that is initiated and managed; and external changes over which no one has control.”

Two Change Source Type Organization Traditional

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“Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.”

Political Concepts Independence Connecting

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“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.”

Way Reflection Reflecting Self Reflection Unintended Consequences

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“Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.”

Ifs Process Listening Listeners Reciprocal Good Listener

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“In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.”

People Problem Seems Organization Function Missions Frustrated

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“There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.”

People Ifs Feels Firsts Process Listening Benefits Listeners Reciprocal Good Listener

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

Way Humans Together Destructive Living Together

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“Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.”

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“For me, this is a familiar image - people in the organization ready and willing to do good work, wanting to contribute their ideas, ready to take responsibility, and leaders holding them back, insisting that they wait for decisions or instructions”

People Ideas Waiting Decision Responsibility Leader Willing Ready Organization Familiar Instruction Good Work Taking Responsibility Brilliant Ideas Insisting

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“Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something.”

Thinking Want Moments Dangerous Status Quo

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“Too many problem-solving sessions become battlegrounds where decisions are made based on power rather than intelligence.”

Made Problem Decision Power Problem Solving Session Battleground

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“In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.”

Ifs Believe Ideas Hard Past Differences My Own Doubt Easier Brilliant Making A Difference Good Ideas Colleagues Sincerely Effectiveness Brilliant Ideas

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