#control

We have seen a central government taking more and more control over public education, over communications, over transportation, over every detail of our daily lives. ↗

— Robert Welch

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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

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You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you. ↗

— Lee Westwood

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The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

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Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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In these troubled, uncertain times, we don't need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone's intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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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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We have created trouble for ourselves in organizations by confusing control with order. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#control #created #order #organizations #ourselves

Most people associate command and control leadership with the military. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#command #control #leadership #military #most

Organisations 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. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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